Loretto, Pa.- The Saint Francis men's soccer team (2-1) scored two first half goals to take down Bucknell (1-1) 2-0 on Sunday.
Olszewski Reaction
"Any win at this level is a good win," said head coach
Frank Olszewski. "We battled through some adversity which made things a little more difficult on ourselves but we fought through it and played well."
Game Highlights
- The Red Flash came out guns a blazing in the first half, outshooting Bucknell 13-1. Sophomore Gabriel Castro (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Lausanne Collegiate School) recorded three of those shots, all of which drifted just wide. Sophomore Brandon Ott (Spring City, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) also had an opportunity with a header off the crossbar
- With the score knotted at 0 with 35 minutes left in the first half, sophomore Kevin Smolyn (Holland, Pa./Germantown Academy) laid off a perfect pass to sophomore Lucas Rosa (Atibaia Brazil/COC Atibaia) who drilled the back-left corner of the goal to give SFU a 1-0 lead.
- Senior Mario Mastrangelo (Venetia, Pa/Peters Township) scored his second goal of the season off a penalty kick which extended the Red Flash's lead to 2-0 with four minutes left in the half.
- SFU had another opportunity to score in the second half when sophomore Christian Kirchhoff (Aarhaus, Denmark/) sent in a beautiful cross to Leonardo Ribeiro (Florence, Italy/Liceo Linguistico "G Pascoli") but the sophomore put his shot into the side-netting.
Notes
- SFU led the Bison in shots, 11-9.
- Freshman goalkeeper Jonas Diesler earn his first career start and shutout in the victory.
- Smolyn recorded his first assist and point of the season.
- Castro and Mario Mastrangelo (Venetia, Pa/Peters Township) led Saint Francis with four shots each.
- SFU hasn't allowed a goal in regulation this season.
- Mario Mastrangelo (Venetia, Pa/Peters Township) is third in school history with 31 career goals.
Up Next
Saint Francis will head back on the road as they travel to NJIT on Wednesday, Sep. 5, at 12:30 p.m.
