BOX SCORE LORETTO, Pa. (Oct. 17, 2014) – The Saint Francis University men's soccer team continued its dominance of St. Francis Brooklyn, 1-0, Friday night at DeGol Field, snapping the Terriers eight game unbeaten streak. The Red Flash (8-5-1; 2-1-0) have now won five straight games against the Terriers (6-5-2; 1-1-0), evening the series at 13.
 
The Northeast Conference foes took an even-matched back and forth battle into the half without a score. Both teams took six shots in the first half.
 
The scoreless tie was broken in the 68th minute by the games lone goal. Francis de Vries (Christchurch, New Zealand/Cashmere) scored on a set piece 30 yards out, striking the top of the crossbar and deflecting in.
 
"This was a hard fought win," said head coach Michael Casper. " I didn't think we were all that sharp tonight, but the guys played extremely hard and were able to grind out a crucial three points."  
 
de Vries now has five goals this season, all which are game winners, raising his shot on goal percentage to 73%. de Vries also leads the team with 10 points.

Red Flash keeper Andrew Garcia (Sicklerville, N.J./Timber Creek Regional) picked up his league leading seventh shutout this season. Garcia recorded five saves in the shutout, including four in the first half.
 
"Keeping the clean sheet was important as there was only going to be one goal in this game as neither team could really create anything special.  The goal was either going to come off of a mistake, or a moment of brilliance and that's what Francis supplied.  That was a goal worthy of winning any game and clearly showed his class.  It was a big night for our group, but now we need to refocus, recover, and get ready for a very tough side in LIU," said Casper.
 
Conner Rezende (Davie, Fla. /University School at Nova Southeastern) led all players with three of the Red Flash's 10 shots. Calvin Rezende (Davie, Fla. /University School at Nova Southeastern) and Ryan Byers (Scottdale, Pa./Southmoreland) also had two shots apiece.
 
Vincent Bezecourt and Lavatore Barone each had two of the Terriers 10 shots.
 
The Red Flash will return to action Sunday October 19th when they take on NEC opponent LIU Brooklyn (3-8-0; 2-0-0) at 5 p.m. at DeGol Field. The Red Flash are currently in a three-way tie at the top of the NEC standings with Bryant University and LIU Brooklyn.