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Jonathan Neil
1
Duquesne DUQ (6-1-1)
2
Winner Saint Francis SFU (3-3-0)
Duquesne DUQ
(6-1-1)
1
Final
2
Saint Francis SFU
(3-3-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Duquesne DUQ 1 0 1
Saint Francis SFU 1 1 2

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | David Halstead

Men's soccer earns 2-1 win over Duquesne to close non-conference play

Loretto, Pa. – Saint Francis men's soccer (3-3-0) closed non-conference play with a 2-1 win over Duquesne (6-1-1) on Tuesday at Stokes Soccerplex. SFU bounced back after allowing a goal in the 14th minute to score two straight and hand the Dukes their first loss of the season.
 
Olszewski's Reaction
"Duquesne has an excellent program and they are having a great season," head coach Frank Olszewski said. "It was a difficult game from the beginning. It's good to get in these situations before you begin conference play because you are going to have battles like that. They threw everything they could at us."
 
Highlights
  • Brandon Ott's (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) free kick from long range sailed into the box and deflected off a Duquesne defender and into the goal to tie the match 1-1 in the 36th minute
  • Jonathan Neil (Caledon East, Ontario/Robert F Hall) found the back of the net off a brilliant cross by Jeff Thielman (Bad Homburg, Germany/NGO Bockenheim) to give SFU a 2-1 lead in the 67th minute. Kevin Smolyn (Holland, PA/Germantown Academy) was also credited with an assist.
  • Saint Francis goalkeeper Jonas Dieseler (Duesseldorf, Germany/Lessing Berufskolleg) made a career-high five saves, including a key save late in the game on a Duquesne free kick from the top of the box
Inside the Box Score
  • SFU held a 17-14 advantage in shots
  • The teams were a dead even 6-6 in shots on goal
  • The Dukes had 9 corner kicks compared to the Red Flash's three corners
  • In an aggressive match, Duquesne had 17 fouls, while Saint Francis recorded only seven fouls
Notes
  • Saint Francis has won two straight matches for the first time this season
  • SFU improves to 2-2 on its home pitch
  • The Red Flash have won the last three meetings with the Dukes
  • Saint Francis now leads the all-time series 8-7-4
  • Neil has scored three goals in the past two matches
  • Ott's goal was the first of his collegiate career
  • Smolyn now has a team high three assists
Up Next
Saint Francis opens Northeast Conference play at LIU on Friday, Sept. 27 at 3 p.m.
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