SHU Men's Soccer Drops 4th Straight Decision, 2-1, To St. Francis (PA)
10/6/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Oct. 6, 2002
FAIRFIELD, CT (October 6, 2002) - The St. Francis (PA) Red Flash built a 2-0 lead over Sacred Heart University and then withstood a late surge by the Pioneers to win their fourth game of 2002. SFPA got goals from sophomores Sheu Fortunato and Bernie Showers in the 2-1 win, moving them to 4-7 and 1-2 in the Northeast Conference.
Firtunato opened the score in the 40th minute hammering home a direct kick for a 1-0 lead right before half. The Red Flash made it 2-0 in the 65th minute when Showers converted a freshman midfielder Omari Aldridge. The Pioneers finally found the net in the 88th minute, as Franco Cartiera (New Britain, CT) converted a penalty kick for his fourth goal of the 2002 campaign.
The loss drops Sacred Heart to 0-9-2 and 0-4-1 in the NEC.
Sacred Heart will be back on Sunday, October 13th when the host Bucknell University at 2:00 pm.
At Fairfield, CT 1st 2nd Final SFPA (4-7, 1-2) 1 1- 2 Sacred Heart (0-9-2, 0-4-1) 0 1- 1SFPA - Sheu Fortunato (unassisted), 40th minute SFPA - Bernie Showers (Omari Aldridge), 65th minute SHU - Franco Cartiera (penalty kick) 88th minute
Goalies: SFPA, Joe Alianiello (0 saves, 1GA, 90 min); SHU- Chris Marchese (0 saves, 2 GA, 90 min) Shots: SFPA - 5; SHU- 6 Corner Kicks: SFPA - 1; SHU - 3 Offsides: SFPA - 5; SHU - 0 Fouls: SFPA - 24; SHU - 16 Cautions/Ejections: SFPA, Aaron Williams, Yellow 32nd min., SFPA, Andrew Tate, Yellow 44th min., SFPA, Ed Hayden, Yellow 45th min; SHU, Terry Teague, Yellow 35th min, SHU, Stanley Zazula, Yellow 38th min., Richard Tomczykowski, Yellow 43rd min.
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