September 22, 2007

 
#5 FRANKLIN PIERCE BLANKS BRYANT 3-0 SATURDAY





@ Smithfield, RI.


#5 Franklin Pierce 3, Bryant 0


Goals: FPC Come, Clifton, Petropanagos.     


Shots: Bryant 6, Franklin Pierce 9   Save:  B, Madden 1, Black 0; FP Thorpe 4. 


Records:  Bryant 6-3-0, 3-3 NE-10; Franklin Pierce 6-1-1, 5-0-0 NE-10


Halftime - 2-0 Franklin Pierce

SMITHFIELD, RI - Henning Come (Gothenburg, Sweden), David Clifton (London, England), and Peter Petropanagos (Mississauga, Ontario) each had goal to lead fifth-ranked Franklin Pierce University to a 3-0 Northeast-10 Conference men's soccer victory over host Bryant University Saturday afternoon.  The win for the Ravens is the school's first in Smithfield, RI under coach Marco Koolman and the first since 1999.  Bryant drops to 6-3 overall and 3-3 in the NE-10. 

Franklin Pierce (6-1-1, 5-0 NE-10) controlled much of the play throughout the early going, Marek Hawrylik's lunging header (Olszteyn, Poland) hit the right post, nearly giving the visitors the lead in the 25^th minute.  But minutes later, the Ravens would break through as Clifton was able to send in Come along after slipping a pass from 40 yards out to the foot of Come who was able to tuck the ball past Bryant goalie Thomas Madden (Saco, Maine) into the corner of the goal. 

Clifton would make it 2-0 Franklin Pierce with a goal just minutes before halftime sending the visitors into the locker room at the half with a 2-0 lead.   Franklin Pierce out-shot Bryant 9 to 6 in the match while all-America goalie James Thorpe (East Longmeadow, Mass.) earned the shutout victory with four saves.

The Bulldogs host Saint Anselm Tuesday night at 7 pm.

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