MEN'S SOCCER

HEAD COACH: Robert Ciarlo (1st season)
ASSISTANTS: Jack Belcher, Jon Mermer
CAPTAIN: Gustavo Marques
MANAGER:
ATHLETIC TRAINER: Keith Rupp

October 28, 2008

JWU Men’s Soccer Blanks Rivier 3-0 On Senior Night

East Providence, R.I. – Junior Scott Kirchner (Irvine, Calif.) scored a pair of goals to lead the Johnson & Wales University men’s soccer team to a 3-0 victory over Rivier in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference contest at Pierce Stadium on Tuesday evening.  It was the final regular season home game for seniors Gregory Grant (New Milford, Conn.), Jeremiah Schenzel (Carson City, Nev.) and Doug Weiler (Hauppauge, N.Y.).

Kirchner put JWU on the board first when he took a pass from Schenzel and went on a breakaway down the middle of the field.  He then buried a shot into the upper right corner of the net to give the Widlcats the 1-0 lead at the 1:32 mark.  Kirchner’s second goal of the game came with an assist to sophomore Edwin Sojos (Deep River, Conn.) at the 10:53 mark, giving the team the 2-0 advantage.  JWU took the 2-0 lead into halftime after an 11-2 advantage in shots on goal.

The Wildcats continued to dominate play in the second half and took the 3-0 lead on an unassisted goal by Sojos at the 69:46 mark to cap off the scoring for the contest.  JWU had a commanding 25-5 lead in shots for the game.

Sophomore Joe Ferraro (Freehold, N.J.) had two saves in goal and for Johnson & Wales while freshman Austin Carpenter (Overland Park, Kansas) helped secure the shutout for the Wildcats, making one save.  Sophomore John Jarvis (St. Albans, Vt.) made eight stops in the setback for Rivier.

October 25, 2008

Men's Soccer Senior Day

Nashua, NH - The last home match of the 2008 season ended by saying goodbye and good luck to four seniors on the men's soccer team today. The athletic department and coaching staff would like to express its gratitude to the following seniors:

Jason Antaya: Jason is a first year player who took the challenge of lacing up his soccer spikes for one more strike at the ball. Jason balanced a hectic class and study schedule with the team training schedule. He played outside midfield, outside back and front runner for the 2008 team.

Matty Blair: The roar of the crowd when Matty steps onto the field, he instills pride and a sense of reality to the season.  the joy when Matt scored his first ever collegiate goal will live in infamy at Rivier College. Matty balances soccer with class work and working as a resident assistant.

Robbie Belcher: The elder statesman, Robbie has a great wealth of soccer knowledge and experiences. Robbie has played at a high level and challenges each and every teammate to play to the best of their ability. Robbie is an education major, he will excel in the classroom just as he has excelled on the soccer pitch.

Phil Ramos: Phil has also played multiple positions for this year's edition of the Rivier Raiders. Phil started the year as a free running forward attacking goal and shooting on net at will. Phil has most recently been playing as a marking back.  His ability to get forward and become part of the attack has been welcome. Phil is a psychology major.

October 22, 2008

Lions Take Down Their Prey

Nashua, NH – The Emerson College Lions defeated the Rivier College Raiders tonight in men’s soccer action 8-1.

Rivier goalkeeper John Jarvis (St. Albans, VT) was in the line of fire tonight against Emerson College.  The Lions took a total of 41 shots with 28 of them being on goal.  Jarvis was able to stop 19 of them and one was stopped by a defender, but 8 made it through into the net. 

The most impressive of the Lion’s goals was when Mike Giles (Wakefield, RI) placed a ball in front of the net and Ken Nikravesh (Geneva, Switzerland) used the header to fire it into the net to make the score 3-0.  The Lions added 2 more goals before the half to make it 5-0.

The second half wouldn’t get much better for the Raiders as the Lions scored 3 more times before Rivier’s Robbie Belcher (Ocala, FL) took a lead pass from Chris Nugent (Camberley, Surrey, England) and scored his first goal of the season and the Raiders only goal of the night.  Emerson was able to play keep away for the remaining 10 minutes of the game to cruise to the easy victory.

October 18, 2008

Rivier Falls to Top Seeded Norwich University

Nashua, NH – Norwich (13-1-1) who holds the top seed in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) wasted little time and effort against the Rivier College Raiders (0-14-0) today as they defeated Rivier 8-0.

The starters for Norwich got things going early as they scored three goals in the first 10 minutes of play, and the team had seven goals before the half.  During the first half of play Norwich subbed out most of the starters, but Rivier still had no answer as eight different players scored the eight goals for Norwich.  Ryan Boyton (Dunedin, FL) led the Cadets by assisting on the first three goals scored and then scoring on the fifth goal of the contest.  Jason Bliss (St. Albans, VT) also had one goal and one assist.

Rivier goalkeeper John Jarvis (St. Albans, VT) once again made a number of remarkable saves, stopping 13 of the Cadets 21 shots on goal.

October 15, 2008

Rams Outfight Raiders in Important GNAC Matchup

Nick Celia (Hanson, MA) led the Suffolk University Men’s Soccer team (3-3 GNAC, 4-7 overall) to a 4-1 win over Rivier College (0-5 GNAC, 0-13 overall) with four goals in 24 minutes at Dilboy Stadium in Somerville, MA Wednesday night.

Celia scored all of his goals in the second half after eight offside calls against the Rams led to a 0-0 tie at halftime. Celia finally broke the scoreless tie in the 62nd minute thanks to an assist from senior defender Eric Zettervall (Colchester, CT). Zettervall began the play by clearing the ball out of the Suffolk zone. Celia was able to out run the River defense and fake out Rivier goalkeeper John Jarvis to make it a 1-0 game.

Celia made it a 2-0 game six minutes later when a Clayton Plumer (Cranston, RI) free kick deflected off a Rivier defender in front of the net. Luckily for the Rams, Celia was there to rip it by Jarvis once again.

After a Chris Nugent blast from 20 yards out got the Raiders to 2-1 with 17 minutes remaining, Celia quieted the Rivier rally with his third goal of the contest in the 75th minute. Chad Boucher (Saco, ME) and Cristian Palacios (Lexington, MA) each had assists on the play.

Celia ended his big night with an unassisted goal in the 86th minute to make it a 4-1 final.

The Rams finished the game out shooting the Raiders 19-9 and 14-5 in the second half. Alex Capousis (Annapolis, MD) had three saves in the win. Jarvis had five saves for Rivier.

October 13, 2008

The Falcons Put Their Talons in the Raiders

Nashua, NH – In men’s collegiate soccer action, the Falcons of Albertus Magnus College swooped in to Rivier College to defeat the Raiders 6-3.

The Falcons owned the first half of play scoring 4 times and going into half time with a 4-0 lead.  Jamal Howard (West Haven, CT) scored the game’s first two goals for the Falcons off assists by Derek Delucia (Hamden, CT).  Delucia then added a goal of his own from an assist by David Pietkiewicz (Clifton, NJ) to make the score 3-0 and Matt Siperas (North Haven, CT) added the 4th goal of the half from an assist by Mike DaSilva(Stratford, CT).

DaSilva started the second half with his first goal of the game off Delucia’s third assist.  With just over 18 minutes left in the game, the Falcons pulled starting goalkeeper Ryan Mihalyak (West Haven, CT) and put in back-up Anthony Paturzo (West Haven, CT).  The Raiders took the opportunity and started to put on the pressure.  In the next 9 minutes of play, the Raiders scored 3 goals, two were unassisted by Chris Nugent (Surrey, England), his 4th and 5th goals of the season, which were split by a goal by senior Matt Blair (Haverhill, MA) assisted by freshman Cameron Williams (Lisbon, NH).  The goal was the first of Blair’s career.

With the score 5-3, Albertus coach Jim Bernardo would take no more chances as he replaced his starting goalkeeper for the remainder of the game.  DaSilva then added the sixth and final goal of the game with just over five minutes to play from an assist by Peter Hamasian (Hamden, CT).

The win improves Albertus Magnus to a 7-6-1 overall record and 2-4-1 in GNAC play while the loss drops Rivier to a 0-12-0 overall and 0-4-0 in the GNAC.

October 11, 2008

Eagles Shut Out Rivier For Sixth Victory, 4-0

Nashua – Spencer Bernard (Windsor Locks, Conn.) scored two goals and set up another and Alex Jackson (Kent, Ohio) potted two more leading the Daniel Webster College men’s soccer squad to a 4-0 shutout victory over intracity rival Rivier College before 150 patrons Saturday afternoon at Eagle Field.

Fred Jacobs (Wrentham, Mass.) made four saves as the Eagles evened their record to 6-6 on the season, and kept the Raiders (0-11) winless. The win also marked the second highest wins total in a season for the Eagle program.

John Jarvis (St. Albans, Vt.) made five saves for Rivier.

Jackson got the Eagles going knocking in a breakaway goal off a Bernard feed 21:12 into the contest.

The Eagles pulled away with three scores in the second half.

Bernard put the hosts ahead 2-0 knocking home a Oscar Borjesson (Stockholm, Sweden) feed at the 51:26 mark and notched his second off a partial break off a Nicolas Klesh (Bedford, N.H.) feed just 1:02 later.

Jackson closed out the scoring with a 15-yarder to beat Jarvis with 9:48 remaining.

*Courtesy of Daniel Webster Sports Information.

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