Men's Soccer Falls 1-0 at Le Moyne

Pedro Espindola leads Ravens with three shots

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (October 5, 2013) – The Franklin Pierce University men’s soccer team came out on the short end of a 1-0 decision against Le Moyne on Saturday afternoon at Ted Grant Field in Syracuse, N.Y. The Ravens dropped their second straight in falling to 3-5 overall and 2-3 in the Northeast-10, while the Dolphins improved to 6-3 and 4-2 in league play.

Keleenna Onyeaka scored the match’s lone goal in the 35^th minute when he headed down a free kick attempt that entered into the Franklin Pierce box, and fired low side past Franklin Pierce keeper Sam Meza (Whittier, Calif.).Cal Filtch was credited with an assist on the play, as he was the one who sent the free kick deep into the Ravens’ box.

Both teams fired off 12 shots in the contest, but Onyeaka’s strike was one of only three Le Moyne shots to go on goal. Meza made a pair of saves despite falling to 3-5 on the year.

Pedro Espindola (Sao Paulo, Brazil) led the Ravens with three shots, while Dallas Donovan (South Yarmouth, Mass.) followed with a pair of attempts. Le Moyne keeper Matthew Silva stopped all five shots he faced to earn the win to run his record to 6-3 on the year.

Franklin Pierce returns to action Tuesday when the Ravens play host to Stonehill at 7 p.m. in Sodexo Field.

For more information on Franklin Pierce men’s soccer, please visit the team’s page at http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.) To follow the program even further, please visit Franklin Pierce Athletics on YouTube (www.youtube.com/FranklinPierceSports), Twitter (www.twitter.com/FPUathletics) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceRavens). Fans wishing to purchase Franklin Pierce men’s soccer apparel can do so on the athletic department’s online store at athletics.franklinpierce.edu/store(.)