Pittsburgh, Pa.- The Saint Francis men's soccer team's (3-2) second half goal completed a 1-0 victory over non-conference rival Duquesne (1-3) on Wednesday night.
Olszewski Reaction
"It was a tough game against a physical opponent that pushed us to the limit for 90 minute," said head coach
Frank Olszewski. We had to fight collectively for every inch. We learned a little bit about ourselves tonight. We had to earn it on the road. So we now dust ourselves off, roll up the sleeves and prepare for the next one."
Highlights
- The Red Flash had a few opportunities to score in the first half as freshman Colin Serredszum (Montpellier, France) and sophomore Brandon Ott (Spring City, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) positioned a couple shots wide of the goal.
- In the 60th minute, freshman Ryan Berhorst (Imperial, Mo./Seckman) had an opportunity to break the scoreless deadlock but his shot missed by the narrowest of margins as it bounced off the post.
- With the score tied at 0-0, sophomore Leonardo Ribeiro (Florence, Italy/Liceo Linguistico "G Pascoli") knocked in his first goal of the season assisted by Berhorst and Mario Mastrangelo (Venetia, Pa/Peters Township).
Inside the Box Score
- Both teams had 12 shots while shots on goal were 4-3 in favor of Duquesne.
- Corner kicks were 7-5 in favor of Duquesne.
- The teams were tied 0-0 at the half
Notes
- Leonardo Ribeiro (Florence, Italy/Liceo Linguistico "G Pascoli") scored his first goal of the season and the third of his career
- Ribeiro also led the Red Flash with four shots as sophomore Kevin Smolyn (Holland, Pa./Germantown Academy) followed with two.
- Freshman Alex Morgret (Hummelstown, Pa./Hershey) had four key saves in the second half that helped keep the Dukes off the board.
- Colin Serredszum (Montpellier, France) had three of the Red Flash's five corner kicks.
- Ryan Berhorst (Imperial, Mo./Seckman) notched his first assist of his career.
Up Next
Saint Francis will be back in action Saturday as they head to Morgantown, WV to take on West Virginia University at 7 p.m.
