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the SNHU men's soccer team in a pre-game huddle
Jim Stankiewicz
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Southern N.H. SNH (11-6-1, 7-3-1)
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Winner Franklin Pierce FPU (18-1-0, 11-1-0)
Southern N.H. SNH
(11-6-1, 7-3-1)
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Final
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Franklin Pierce FPU
(18-1-0, 11-1-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 F
Southern N.H. SNH 1 0 0 1
Franklin Pierce FPU 0 1 1 2

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Men's Soccer Loses NE10 Semifinal Heartbreaker to #4 Franklin Pierce, 2-1, in OT

Penmen led for more than 56 minutes

When and Where: November 10, 2021 – Rindge, N.H. (Sodexo Field)
Score: #4 Franklin Pierce University 2, Southern New Hampshire University 1 (OT)
Records: SNHU 11-6-1, FPU 18-1-0

Junior Liam Evans (Rock Hill, N.Y.) scored his first goal in a Penmen uniform to give the fourth-seeded Southern New Hampshire University men's soccer team a 1-0 lead in the 28th minute, but top-seeded and fourth-ranked Franklin Pierce University netted the equalizer in the 84th minute and scored again in overtime to steal a 2-1 victory in the NE10 Championship semifinal round Wednesday afternoon at Sodexo Field.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • Evans – goal
  • Sophomore Luca Shubitidze (Leipzig, Germany) – assist
KEY MOMENTS
  • Evans put Southern New Hampshire on the board at the 27:24 mark when he volleyed a corner service off the foot of Shubitidze directly into the back of the net to make it 1-0.
  • The score stayed that way until there was 6:21 on the clock, as Braudilio Rodrigues ripped a shot from outside the box that snuck past senior goalkeeper Jackson Rivers (Epping, N.H.) to level the score, 1-1.
  • It was Rodrigues again 5:05 into the extra session, corralling a loose ball on the left side of the box and hammering it home to win it for the Ravens.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Rivers stopped five of the seven shots he faced.
  • Franklin Pierce 'keeper Kosta Maniatis did not make a save.
  • The Ravens outshot the Penmen, 18-3, including 7-1 in shots on target.
  • FPU also owned a 9-1 advantage in corner kicks.
NOTES
  • The Penmen entered the contest unbeaten in nine of their previous 10 (8-1-1) and had won seven of eight.
  • SNHU dips to 24-10-6 (.675) all-time in the NE10 Championship, including 2-6-2 versus Franklin Pierce.
  • The Penmen still lead the all-time series, 30-27-6, but Franklin Pierce has now won six of the last eight meetings, including five straight at home.
  • Evans' goal was just the sixth allowed by Franklin Pierce this season and just the second let up at home by the Ravens in 10 matches.
  • SNHU falls to 114-25-16 (.787) over its last 155 matches dating back to the beginning of the 2013 National Championship season.
WHAT'S NEXT
  • Southern New Hampshire awaits its fate for a potential at-large bid for the NCAA Championship.

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