>> Saint Francis men's soccer secured a 1-0 victory over Northeast Conference (NEC) opponent Long Island University Sunday afternoon at the LIU Soccer Park in Brookville, New York.
(Nantucket, Mass./Darlington) scored the match winning goal in the second half.
>> Win the win, the Red Flash move to 6-5-2 overall and 3-2-1 in the NEC. This is the team's third straight win.
The Red Flash broke through with the first and only goal of the match in the 69th minute as
Maximus Rigby (York, England/Rowntree) perfectly placed a corner kick for defenseman
Torren Aikens (Baltimore, Md./Mount St. Joseph's). Aikens headed the ball forward from the corner of the goal box to O'Hearn who kicked the ball into the top goalpost and into the net for a Red Flash goal and for O'Hearn's first career goal.
FLASH MOMENT
The best look on goal in the first half for the Red Flash came from
Lorenz Ender (Ulm, Germany/North Kingstown) who fired a shot directly above the Shark's goalkeeper. The keeper was able to deflect the ball above the goalpost.
FLASH NUGGETS
LIU held the advantage over Saint Francis in shots (10-3), shots on goal (5-2) and corner kicks (5-4).
Milan Djajic (Belgrade, Serbia/Rudjer Boskovic), O'Hearn and Ender all posted shot attempts.
Jaeger recorded his fourth clean sheet of the season. The freshman made four saves in the 90 minutes.
Head coach
Frank Olszewski is now the third most winningest coach in program history with 32 wins.
UP NEXT
Men's soccer will finish out their regular season schedule at home. The Red Flash will take on the Skyhawks of Stonehill Sunday, October 30 at 2 p.m. for Senior Day then play against the Bison of Howard Thursday, November 3 at 3 p.m.
