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Southern New Hampshire University Penmen
Jackson Rivers standing in front of the net with an opponent in the foreground
Jim Stankiewicz
2
Winner Southern N.H. SNH (5-4-1, 3-2-1)
0
American Int'l AIC (9-1-1, 6-1-0)
Winner
Southern N.H. SNH
(5-4-1, 3-2-1)
2
Final
0
American Int'l AIC
(9-1-1, 6-1-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Southern N.H. SNH 0 2 2
American Int'l AIC 0 0 0

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Men's Soccer Delivers #14 American Int'l First Loss of Season, 2-0

Penmen snap Yellow Jackets' 10-match unbeaten streak to begin the year

When and Where: October 13, 2021 – Springfield, Mass. (Ronald J. Abdow Field)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 2, American International College 0
Records: SNHU 5-4-1 (3-2-1 NE10), AIC 9-1-1 (6-1-0 NE10)

Senior Jackson Rivers (Epping, N.H.) racked up a career-best 11 saves, and graduate student Jannik Mohr (Koblenz, Germany) and sophomore Nicolas Gonzalez (Santander, Spain) scored second-half goals, as the Southern New Hampshire University men's soccer team showed no signs of rust from its 10-day layoff in Wednesday's 2-0 take-down of 14th-ranked and previously-unbeaten American International College at Abdow Field.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • Rivers – career-high 11 saves, shutout 
  • Mohr – goal
  • Gonzalez – goal
  • Sophomore Luca Shubitidze (Lepizig, Germany) – assist
  • Graduate student Jaime Selva (Alicante, Spain) – assist
KEY MOMENTS
  • Mohr broke the ice 4:34 into the second half when he redirected a corner service from Shubitidze into the back of the net.
  • The score stayed that way until midway through the 64th minute when Selva set up his countryman, Gonzalez, to make it 2-0.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Rivers made seven of his 11 saves in the second stanza.
  • AIC 'keeper Lucas Morales-Fernandez stopped four of the six shots he faced.
  • The Yellow Jackets outshot the Penmen, 20-13, including 11-6 in shots on target.
  • SNHU owned a 7-4 advantage in corner kicks.
NOTES
  • The Penmen, who had last played Oct. 2, are now unbeaten in their last three matches, as well as four of their last five.
  • SNHU improves to 2-2-0 against nationally-ranked opponents this season.
  • Southern New Hampshire leads the all-time series with AIC, 21-2-0, and extends its unbeaten streak against the Yellow Jackets to 15 (14-0-1) dating back to the 2007 campaign. The Penmen are also 5-0-1 on the road against American Int'l, with their last loss in the series coming Sept. 30, 2006 (2-0) in Springfield. SNHU is outscoring AIC, 36-9, during the 15-match unbeaten streak.
  • Shubitidze has now recorded a point in three straight contests, as well as four of the last six.
  • SNHU moves to 108-23-16 (.789) over its last 147 matches dating back to the beginning of the 2013 National Championship season.
WHAT'S NEXT
  • The Penmen return to action Saturday, Oct. 16 (2 p.m.) when they take on Le Moyne College.
  • The next home contest for SNHU is Wednesday, Oct. 20 (4 p.m.) when it plays host to Saint Michael's College at Penmen Stadium.

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