When and Where: October 22, 2025 – Manchester, N.H. (Melucci Field)
Score: #14 Southern New Hampshire University 1, Saint Anselm College 0
Records: SNHU 10-1-2 (5-1-1 NE10), Saint Anselm 4-4-5 (1-4-2 NE10)
Graduate student
Martin Fuentes (Pamplona, Spain) used a fantastic individual effort early in the 15th minute to score what would be the only goal of the match, as the 14th-ranked Southern New Hampshire University men's soccer team took down cross-town rival Saint Anselm College, 1-0, Wednesday afternoon at Melucci Field.
KEY MOMENT
- Fuentes put the Penmen in front 14:13 when he chased down a looping ball near the end line to the left of the goal, gathered it before it went out of play, weaved through two defenders and fired a shot from a tight angle that tucked between the diving goalkeeper and the far right post.
NOTES
- Southern New Hampshire, ranked 14th in the United Soccer Coaches Division II Top 25, has now won six of its last seven, including three-in-a-row.
- SNHU reaches 10 victories for the eighth time in the 10 seasons under head coach Josh Taylor, including the third straight. The Penmen also compile 10 wins in their first 13 matches for the first time since 2018 and are unbeaten in 12 of their first 13 for the first time since 2015.
- The Penmen held a 15-7 advantage in shots, including 4-0 in shots on target.
- Southern New Hampshire leads the all-time series with Saint Anselm, 35-9-7, and is unbeaten in 13 of the 15 meetings (11-1-3), though this snaps the Hawks' three-match unbeaten streak versus the Penmen, who defeat their cross-town rival for the first time Oct. 27, 2021 on the Hilltop (2-0). SNHU is now 10-1-3 at Saint Anselm in the 14 meetings there dating back to the 2000 campaign.
- Graduate student Alvaro Garcia (Castelldefels, Spain) did not see a shot in the clean sheet.
- Fuentes' seventh goal of the season is the 14th of his two-year Penmen career. He is now tied for the NE10 lead in game-winning goals (4) and points (18), while tying for second in goals.
- SNHU is 155-40-29 (.757) over its last 224 matches dating back to the beginning of the 2013 National Championship season.
- SNHU earns two points in the Queen City Cup standings and leads the battle for Manchester supremacy, 5-2.
UP NEXT
- The Penmen play their third of four-in-a-row on the road when they meet up with in-state rival and 22nd-ranked Franklin Pierce University on Saturday (Oct. 25) at 4 p.m.
- SNHU wraps up its home slate Wednesday, Nov. 5 (7 p.m.) when it plays host to Assumption University on Manchester East Soccer Night at Ouellette Stadium. The Penmen will honor their seniors prior to the match.
