BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Oct. 18, 2009) – Junior defender Benjamin Kujawa (Jarrettsville, Md./North Hartford) (Jarrettsville, Md. / North Hartford) scored his first goal of the season in the 41st minute to help lead the Saint Francis men's soccer team to its first Northeast Conference win of the year, 2-1, at Long Island on Sunday afternoon.
Freshman defender Tamas Maffey-Stumpe (Cairns, Queensland, Australia/Mossman State) (Julathen, Australia / Mossmon State) also scored his first goal of the season, junior Patrick Fleming (Dunedin, New Zealand/Bayfield) (Dunedin, New Zealand / Bayfield) tallied two assists, and sophomore Kingsley McLeod (Rocky Mount, N.C./Rocky Mount) (Rocky Mount, N.C. / Rocky Mount) also had an assist to help the Red Flash improve to 5-9-1 overall, and 1-4-1 in the Northeast Conference. Junior goalkeeper Darius Motazed (North Vancouver, Canada/Sentinel Secondary) (North Vancouver, Canada / Sentinel Secondary) stopped six shots in picking up the win.
The Blackbirds fell to 5-8 overall, and 2-3 in the NEC.
Long Island got on the board in the 13th minute when it took a 1-0 lead on Steve JakuBowski's goal off a corner kick.
But Maffey-Stumpe picked up his first career goal off a feed from Fleming to notch the game at 1-1 at 31 minutes, 57 seconds. Fleming would then set up the go-ahead goal off a free kick from midfield. He played the ball into the right side of the 18-yard box, where McLeod headed it to Maffey-Stumpe on the left side.
Saint Francis was outshot 12-8, while Long Island also had an 11-4 edge in corner kicks. The win for the Red Flash snapped a four-game skid. SFU will play its final regular season away contest at 4 p.m. on Friday when it travels to Mount St. Mary's. The Red Flash will play their final three regular season games at home.
