Men’s Soccer Blanks Framingham State, 4-0

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – Suffolk men's soccer saw four different scorers, two in each half, to taken down Framingham State, 4-0, Tuesday afternoon at Maple Street Field. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 4 | Framingham State 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-2-1) | Framingham State (0-2-2)  

HOW IT HAPPPENED
Dominic Rinaldi put the Boston Rams on the board at the 18:22 mark. The blue-and-gold's defense had the ball in Suffolk's end and sent it to a waiting Erik Van Even next to the 50-yard line. A one-touch, go-ahead pass from Van Even found a diving Rinaldi that had a one-on-one with Framingham State's keeper Tyler Holden. Rinaldi shot high left just out of the reach of Holden to put the visiting Rams on the board.  

The margin doubled just about 13 minutes later. Ford Lee took a corner, but nothing was set up so Diego Pierantozzicleared it out back to Lee. This time he lofted a pass towards the center of the net where Luke Blawn was to head it in to make it 2-0, an advantage that remained at the intermission. 

Suffolk's scoring continued in the second stanza. 

Framingham attempted to clear the ball from its zone, but the blue-and-gold had other things in mind as Miguel Varela intercepted the rock, slid a pass to Francisco Valck for an easy one-timer that made it 3-0 Suffolk at the 61:12 mark. 

Less than 10 minutes later, Carter Van Buskirk converted a got in to the scoring when he struck on a free kick.  

That's where the deficit stood as the horn sounded as Holden denied the visiting Rams' final attempt on target and Nathan Harlow was not tested the rest of the way. 

KEEPING UP WITH THE KEEPERS

• Harlow earned the win with a two save effort. 
• Holden took the setback despite a 10-save performance.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Suffolk's four goals came off the feet of Rinaldi, Blawn, Valck and Van Buskirk. 
• Van Even, Lee and Varela dished out one assist apiece. 
• Suffolk commanded the pace of play as it outshot Framingham State, 28-7. 
• The Boston Rams took more corners as well, 7-3.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk moved to 6-7-1 (since 2002) all-time against Framingham State. 
• The Boston Rams snapped a two-game skid against FSU, defeating Framingham for the first time since Sept. 15, 2021, a 2-1 triumph. 
• The blue-and-gold is now 2-3-1 when battling FSU on the road. 
• Six outings including tonight have been shutouts. 
• The blue-and-gold is now 3-3-0 in cleansheets against Framingham State. 
• The shutout is the first in the series since Sept. 2, 2024, a 4-0 Suffolk setback. 
• The Boston Rams are 2-2-0 against Framingham State in the Bill Maddock era. 
• Valck scored his team-best fourth goal of the year. He is on a two-game point streak.
• Rinaldi scored his first goal of the season and second of his collegiate career. 
• Blawn potted his first collegiate goal. 
• Varela set-up his first goal this season. 
• Van Event dished out his first assist of the year and first since 2021. 
• Lee logged his first collegiate point with one assist. 
• Harlow had his second shutout of the season and fifth of his collegiate career.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk remains on the road Saturday, Sept. 14 when it visits Salem State for a 3:00 p.m. match.