RINDGE, N.H. (October 9, 2021) – Seven different Ravens found the back of the net, as the No. 1 nationally-ranked Franklin Pierce University men's soccer team earned a 7-0 triumph over the Southern Connecticut State University Owls Saturday night at Sodexo Field.

With the win the Ravens improve to 11-0, and 7-0 in Northeast-10 Conference play, while the Owls fall to 2-7-1, and 2-4 in the NE10 this season.

Graduate student Aaron Acevedo Artes (Valencia, Spain) got the scoring going for the Ravens, making it a 1-0 contest at the 10:35 mark. Fellow classmate Jonas Cervera Anchel (Chiva, Spain) sent a high arcing cross into the scoring circle for Acevedo Artes who used his right foot to redirect the ball into the bottom left of the net.

Not long after, the Crimson and Grey extended their lead, 2-0, thanks to senior Marco Valero (Alicante, Spain) goal. Graduate student Marc Lopez (Valencia, Spain) feed the ball to Valero, who then fired a shot to the top right of the goal.

With 0:21 seconds to go before the break, graduate student Miguel Angel Pastor Gutierrez (Valencia, Spain) took a shot off a rebound that sailed straight to the top center of the cage to put Franklin Pierce ahead, 3-0.

Following the intermission, the Franklin Pierce offense continued to apply the pressure scoring in the 50th minute. Angel Pastor Gutierrez caused a turnover inside of the Owls box and fed the ball to graduate student Pedro Juan Vicente (Elche, Spain) who had a wide-open cage.

Three more goals from graduate student Aitor Falagan Yera (Ansoain, Spain), Lopez and seniot Eddie Sanchez (Holbrook, N.Y.) would pad the Franklin Pierce lead to 7-0 before the final whistle.

A trip to Bridgeport, Conn., is up next for the Franklin Pierce Men's Soccer team with a road game against Bridgeport University on Tuesday, October 12, at 6:30 P.M.