When and Where: October 8, 2024 – Hooksett, N.H. (Ouellette Stadium )
Score: #19 Southern New Hampshire University 4, #6 Franklin Pierce University 2
Records: SNHU 8-1-0 (5-0 NE10), Franklin Pierce 5-1-3 (1-1-2 NE10)
Junior
Philipp Herrmann (Bruckmuehl, Germany) broke a 2-2 tie with a goal in the 70
th minute, and #19 SNHU Men's Soccer remained unbeaten in NE10 play with a 4-2 win over #6 Franklin Pierce University on Tuesday night at Ouellette Stadium.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Herrmann - goal
- Junior Iago Perez (A. Coruna, Spain) – goal, assist
- Graduate student Dani Gonzalez (Llanera, Spain) - goal
- Graduate student Martin Fuentes (Pamplona, Spain) - goal
- Sophomore Martin Zapata (Pamplona, Spain) - 2 assists
KEY MOMENTS
- SNHU took the lead at 17:35 when Perez scored on a header off a feed from Zapata.
- Franklin Pierce drew even at 20:05 on a score by Andy Chisholm, who was fed from the far corner by Antonio Lima.
- The Penmen made it 2-1 at 41:12 on a goal by Fuentes who collected a long kick Zapata.
- Early in the second half, the Ravens tied the game on a goal by Jesse Oostendorp off a corner kick.
- Herrman scored the game-winning goal on a header off a perfect feed from junior Alejo Caceres (Cordoba, Argentina) to make it 3-2.
- Gonzalez fielded a cross by Perez in the 81st minute to give the Penmen an insurance goal.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- The Ravens had 13 shots and the Penmen had eight. Franklin Pierce had an 8-6 edge shots on goal.
- The Ravens had the game's five corner kicks.
- Senior Preston Neal (Windham, N.H.) made six saves to earn the win in net.
NOTES
- Franklin Pierce, the two-time defending Division II National Champions saw a 64-game unbeaten streak end on Tuesday. The Ravens had last dropped a contest to Stonehill on October 23, 2021.
- The Penmen take the lead in the all-time series at 31-30-7.
- The Penmen improved in the United Soccer Coaches poll this week to #19 while the Ravens were ranked sixth.
- The current six-game win streak is the longest since SNHU opened the 2018 season with nine consecutive wins.
- Herrmann and Perez lead the Penmen with six goals. Perez has now scored a goal in all five games he has played this season.
- SNHU is 139-38-24 (.751) over its last 201 matches dating back to the beginning of the 2013 National Championship season.
- The Penmen improve to 95-14-15 (.827) over their last 124 contests at home, including 33-7-8 (.771) at Ouellette Stadium.
UP NEXT
- SNHU will head to Adelphi University for a Northeast-10 match on Saturday.
- The next home game at Ouellette Stadium will be Wednesday, October 23 vs. Wilmington University (1:00 p.m.).