Men’s Soccer Tops FDU-Florham 3-1 on Rainy Afternoon

Freshman Steve Krause scored the first goal of the game, his sixth of the year, in the win over FDU-Florham.

Box Score

BOX SCORE

Center Valley, PA (October 17, 2009) – The DeSales University men's soccer team won its second straight Freedom Conference game, outlasting FDU-Florham, 3-1, in a rain soaked game on Saturday afternoon.

The Bulldogs win their 10^th game of the year and improve to 10-4 overall and 3-1 in the Freedom, while the Devils fall to 7-7-1 overall and 0-3-1 in the Freedom. DSU enjoyed a 14-12 advantage in shots and a 7-6 advantage in corner kicks. The game was played on a soggy field with rain on and off all day.

DSU struck first when freshman Steve Krause (New Tripoli, PA/Northwestern) scored unassisted at the 14:01 mark, taking control of a loose ball in the box and firing it in the back of the net. The Devils countered, tying the game at one with a marker at the 21:47 mark. Manny Almeida scored unassisted on a goal very similar to Krause' as he took control of a loose ball in the box that was unable to be cleared.

The Bulldogs then took their second one-goal lead of the game just four and a half minutes later when sophomore Derek Long (Wernersville, PA/Conrad Weiser) took a long pass from junior Jon Devine (Philadelphia, PA/North Catholic), beat one defender and snuck a shot inside the left post to make it a 2-1 game.

FDU-Florham had a chance to tie the game just before halftime but John Gaw's penalty shot was hit wide right as DSU preserved the one-goal advantage into the half.

In the second half, DSU got its insurance goal when junior Aaron Gildner (Slatington, PA/Parkland) took advantage of a Devil mistake as the FDU goalie was unable to hold onto a long throw-in as the bill slipped thru his hands and Gildner was there to knock it home.

Senior Kevin Lawrence (Norristown, PA/Kennedy-Kenrick) made his second straight start, making five saves in between the pipes.

The Bulldogs return to action on Wednesday, October 21^st when they travel to Manhattanville College for another Freedom Conference game beginning at 3:30 pm.

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