Men’s Soccer Slips to Roger Williams, 3-2

BRISTOL, R.I. – Suffolk men's soccer could not hold on to an early two-goal lead as roger Williams, who is receiving votes in the latest United Soccer Coaches Poll, poured in three unanswered to hand the Rams a 3-2 Conference of New England (CNE) setback Saturday at Bayside Field.   

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 2 | Roger Williams 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (8-3-2, 3-2-0 CNE) | Roger Williams (9-0-4, 4-0-1 CNE)  

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Roger Williams was whistled for a penalty just outside the box, which gave Suffolk a prime free kick opportunity. Francisco Valck set up for the shot and lofted the ball high over a six-defender Hawk wall that sailed into the top of the net to break the scoreless action open in the 26th minute. 
• Insurance came for the blue-and-gold 3:10 into the second half. Valck had the rock at the midfield and slid a go-ahead pass through multiple Roger Williams defenders that Diego Pierantozzi picked up and finished to give the Rams a 2-0 advantage at the 48:10 mark. 
• Too much celebration by Pierantozzi caused the senior to be assessed his second yellow of the day and he would take a seat to force the Rams to play a man-down. The Hawks took advantage and responded to Suffolk's strike with one of their own 6:28 later. After a Roger Williams throw in Dylan Robbins lofted a long shot that met Nathan Harlow's gloves, but came out and Max Pateanaude was there to tuck in the rebound and slice the blue-and-gold's lead in half, 2-1. 
• Suffolk continuously kept trying to clear the ball from its own zone, Roger Williams managed to maintain possession. A long kick towards the call pulled Harlow out. The keeper was unable to glove the ball and Noah Massotti headed it before Tyler Jastrab connected to even things at 2-all with 26 minute remaining in regulation.  
• Dylan Thomas sniped the go-ahead goal for Roger Williams with no help with just under 10 minutes to go in the second. 
• The Rams were unable to get a shot on target the rest of the way to suffer the defeat.  

KEEPING UP WITH THE KEEPERS

• Ian Caldwell, who entred the game for Harlow, took the loss. 
• Harlow made five saves in nearly 70 minutes of play. 
• Eliot Panaccione earned the victory behind a one-save effort. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Valck had a hand in both of Suffolk's strikes as he scored one an assisted on another. 
• Pierantozzi provided one goal. 
• Roger Williams outshot Suffolk, 20-7, including an 8-3 upperhand in shots on target. 
• The Hawks had six corner kicks compared to the Rams two.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Valck extended his point streak to four games. In that span he has four goals and two helpers. 
• Pierantozzi has scored in back-to-back games.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk remains on the road Tuesday, Oct. 14 when it treks to the University of New England for 4:00 p.m.