Loretto, Pa. – Saint Francis junior midfielder Lucas Rosa (Atibaia, Brazil/COC Atibaia) scored two first half goals and freshman forward Jonathan Neil (Caledon East, Ontario/Robert F Hall) added two goals in the final 10 minutes to give the Red Flash (2-3-0) a 4-0 win over Rider (2-3-0) on Saturday at Stokes Soccerplex.
 
Highlights

• Rosa used a short pass from Gabriel Castro (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Lausanne Collegiate School) in front of the goal and knocked the ball into the back of the net to give the Red Flash a 1-0 lead in the 31^st minute
• Rosa struck again just over 10 minutes later as he scored from the top of the box off a Kevin Smolyn (Holland, PA/Germantown Academy) assist to give SFU a 2-0 lead in the 42^nd minute
• Neil took a pass from Lucas Canineu (Corbin, Ky/Corbin) and chipped the ball past the goalkeeper as SFU took a 3-0 lead in the 81^st minute
• Neil scored again in the 84^th minute off an assist from Canineu and CJ Smolyn (Holland, PA/Germantown Academy)

Inside the Box Score

• Rider held a 14-11 advantage in shots
• SFU had seven shots on goal, while the Broncs had two shot on target
• The Red Flash had six corner kicks compared to Rider's four corners
• The Broncs' goalkeeper had three saves while SFU goalkeeper Jonas Dieseler (Duesseldorf, Germany/Lessing Berufskolleg) recorded two saves and his first clean sheet of the season

Notes

• The Red Flash improve to 3-4-0 in the all-time series against Rider
• SFU snaps a two-match losing skid
• Saint Francis picks up its first home win of the season
• Rosa's two goals gave him three on the season and eight in his collegiate career
• It is the first time Rosa has scored two goals in a match at SFU
• Neil's two goals were the first of his career

Up Next
Saint Francis returns to action to host Duquesne on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 4 p.m.