» Saint Francis fell to Merrimack University in its men's soccer conference opener 1-0 on Sunday.
» The Red Flash put up 17 shots, eight of which were on goal.
» Eight different Red Flash players put a shot on goal, total shots were led by Maximus Rigby who shot the ball four times.
» Jonas Dieseler had a total of 4 saves on the afternoon.
TURNING POINTS OF THE GAME
The turning point in the game happened with under 2 minutes left in the first half when Merrimack's leading scorer, Stefano Pesenti, got behind the Red Flash defense and put a strike past Dieseler to give Merrimack the lead before the half.
FLASH MOMENTS
In the eighth minute of the game, the Red Flash had two chances to get themselves on the board with back to back shots on goal from
Elie Lubino and
Patrick Heron.
Between the 84th and 85th minute, the Red Flash had 3 corner kicks and a shot from
Jeff Thielmann.
FLASH NUGGETS
After winning four of their last five games, the Red Flash fall in their first conference matchup of the season.
This is the Red Flash's first home loss of the season, and first home loss since the 2019 Northeast Conference Tournament.
UP NEXT
The Red Flash will travel to Teaneck, N.J., where they will meet Fairleigh Dickson on Thursday, September 30 at 5 p.m. in their first matchup since the 2019 NEC Tournament match.
