>> Saint Francis men's soccer earned a 1-0 victory against Northeast Conference opponent Central Connecticut State Sunday afternoon at the Stokes Soccerplex.
Saint Francis dominated the match offensively, taking 11 shots but could get none past the Blue Devils' goalkeeper. The Red Flash finally broke through in the 84th minute when junior
Dallan Schoenberger (Elizabethtown, Pa.) sent a great ball into the box, where junior
Torren Aikens (Baltimore, Md.) was able to beat the CCSU goalkeeper and dish out a touch to freshman
Álvaro Planas (Valladolid, Spain). Planas was able to poke the ball through a plethora of CCSU defenders for what would eventually be the match winning goal.
FLASH MOMENT
Jordaine Jaeger (Munich, Germany) came up big for Saint Francis nearly one minute after the Red Flash took the lead. A Blue Devils' striker was able to push past the Red Flash backline and make a cross inside the box. The CCSU midfielder took a shot, but Jaeger was able to make a diving stop to solidify Saint Francis' lead.
FLASH NUGGETS
>> The Red Flash held the 7-1 edge in corner kicks and the 5-2 advantage in shots on goal.
>> With Planas' match winning goal, he now leads the team with three.
>> Schoenberger recorded his second straight assist. Aikens picked up his second assist of the season.
>> Nine different players accounted for the Red Flash's shot attempts.
Maximus Rigby (York, England),
Patrick Heron (Lauder, Scotland) and
Joschi Schelb (Freiburg, Germany) led the team with two apiece.
>> Jaeger finished off the match with two saves. The sophomore now has four clean sheets on the season and nine in his career.
>> With the win, Saint Francis is now 5-0 against Central Connecticut State since 2018.
>> The Red Flash are now tied for the longest undefeated streak in program history. Former head coach Frank Olszewski's 2018 team went undefeated for nine straight matches and went 6-0-3 in conference play before losing to Robert Morris in their last match of the season.
>> Saint Francis is just one of seven teams that remain undefeated on the season in all of Division I.
UP NEXT
Saint Francis will return to action Sunday, October 15 as they hit the road to take on Le Moyne College at 1:00 p.m.
