EAST BOSTON – Suffolk men's soccer closed its non-conference chapter of 2025 in shutout fashion as it blanked Framingham State, 4-0, Tuesday night at James A. Sartori Stadium at East Boston Memorial Park. The blue-and-gold overpowered the visiting Rams, out shooting the foes, 43-5.

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 4 | Framingham State 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (8-2-2) | Framingham State (4-7-1)  

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Suffolk broke open the scoring in the 18th minute as the host Rams progressively passed the ball down the right sideline. Dylan Trachtenberg started with the rock, lobbed it ahead to Zach Vlacho, who one touched it to Mohamed Mehaya. The freshman forward easily scored with a flick of the foot for the 1-0 early edge. 
• Exactly three minutes later, Mehaya's second strike of the day doubled the distance. Rookie Logan Hawleydribbled by multiple Framingham State defenders and slipped the ball to Mehaya, who nearly mirrored his first snipe with a quick shot that coasted by Colin Holt. 
• The Rams stretched the gap just about nine minutes in to the second stanza. Tracthenberg took the ball down the right sideline and sniped a shot from about 15 yards out that knocked off the cross bar. The rebound landed in front of Oliver Heth, who wasted no time with a put back. Heth's attempt deflected off Diego Pierantozzi's back heel and into the back of the twine to cushion the blue-and-gold's advantage to 3-0. 
• Persistence paid off for Francisco Valck as the junior converted his fourth shot of the night into his third goal of the season. The forward turned defense into offense as he stole the ball in transition and finished with his right foot from about five yards out with just under 10 minutes left on the clock in the contest. 

KEEPING UP WITH THE KEEPERS

• Ian Caldwell earned the decision as the sophomore stopped the lone shot he faced. 
• Host had a standout showing in net for Framingham State with 20 stops.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Mehaya poured in two goals. 
• Pierantozzi and Valck potted one goal apiece. 
• Trachtenberg tallied two assists. 
• Hawley, Oliver and Vlachs logged one helper each. 
• Suffolk racked up 43 shots compared to Framingham State's five. 
• The host had a lopsided 24-1 in shots on target. 
• Suffolk dominated corners as well, 10-1. 

NOTEWORTHY

• The blue-and-gold ran its win streak to five, which marks the most victories in a row since it rattled off five straight Sept. 15-30, 20223.
• Suffolk shutout its sixth opponent of the season. 
• Suffolk and Framingham State met for the 15th time. 
• Suffolk defeated FSU in back-to-back meetings to level the all-time series at 7-7-1. 
• It is the first time that the blue-and-gold won two consecutive contests against FSU since 2003 and 20024. 
• Suffolk is now 5-4-0 when playing Framingham State at home. 
• Tonight's decision is the sixth shutout in the all-time series. Suffolk is now 4-2-0 when a team is kept off the scoreboard in the all-time meetings with FSU. 
• The Boston Rams are now 3-2-0 against Framingham State under Bill Maddock's guidance. 
• Suffolk has scored four goals against Framingham State in back-to-back battles. 
• The Boston Rams have outscored the Framingham Rams 8-0 in the last two meetings and 12-6 in the last five battles. 
• The 43 shots are the most since Suffolk took 43 in the 9-0 clean sheet at Rivier Sept. 17, 2011. 
• The blue-and-gold had double-digit corner kicks for the second time this season. 
• Hawley produced his first collegiate point. 
• Mehaya logged his third game of the season with a brace. 
• Mehaya tied a personal-best in points (4) and goals (2). 
• Trachtenberg matched a career-high two points and set a personal-best two assists. 
• Heth handed out his first assist in a Suffolk jersey. 
• Valck pushed his point streak to three games. In that span the reigning CNE Offensive Player of the Week has three strikes and two helpers. 
• Heth (2g, 1a) and Trachtenberg (1g, 2a) have recorded points in back-to-back games. 
• Pierantozzi notched his third goal of the season. 
• Vlachos tied a career-high one helper. 
• Caldwell collected his second shutout of the season.  

WHAT'S NEXT? 
Suffolk returns to Conference of New England (CNE) competition this Saturday, Oct. 11 when it visits Roger Williams. The rematch of the 2024 conference championship is set to begin at 12:00 p.m.