Men's Soccer Downs Assumption 1-0 to Close Regular Season
Tabares scores to lead the Ravens offense
RINDGE, N.H. (October 24, 2009) – The
Franklin Pierce University men’s soccer team closed out its
2009 regular season on Saturday afternoon with a 1-0 triumph over
Assumption at Sodexo Field in Rindge. The Ravens concluded their
regular season unbeaten in their last eight matches (7-0-1), while
improving to 12-3-2 overall and 10-2-1 in the Northeast-10
Conference. The Greyhounds fell to 9-6-2 and 6-5-2 in the
league.
Franklin Pierce now moves on to post-season action as they will
host a first round game in the Northeast-10 Tournament next Sunday
at Sodexo Field. Game times and the opponent are still to be
determined.
The Ravens concluded their regular campaign with a strong defensive
effort against Assumption. The team allowed the Greyhounds to
register just three shots in the contest, and did not allow them to
record one until there were three minutes remaining in the first
half.
Sophomore goalkeeper Vinny Papageorgiou (Wilmington,
Mass.) was not tested much as he needed to make just one
save in the contest. However, that save came at an important time
late in the contest as he made it off a header attempt in front of
the net. Papageorgiou concluded the regular season with a record of
10-2-1 in goal.
Sophomore Diego Tabares (Seekonk, Mass.) gave the
Ravens all the offense they would need in the 31st minute when he
sent home a cross pass in front of the net for his sixth goal of
the season. Paul Latif (Newcastle, England) set up the goal with
his cross pass to record the assist – his fourth of the
season which tied Tabares for most on the team.
Tabares’ six regular season goals were second most on the
team and only trailed Frantz Francois (West Palm Beach,
Fla.), who totaled 10 scores in 17 games.
Francois and three others were honored during Senior Day
festivities prior to the contest. Francois was joined by
Kevin Neumen (Miller Place, N.Y.), Kensaku
Tsuji (Tokushima, Japan) and Sean Ahern (Somers,
Conn.) as the four players who were honored at midfield
and presented with framed pictures.
More information on the NE-10 post-season tournament will be
released at a later time during the upcoming week. Fans are
encouraged to visit athletics.franklinpierce.edu during the week to
stay current on all the latest happenings with the Franklin Pierce
men’s soccer program.