RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Felician men's soccer recorded its sixth Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference win of the 2023 season while also tying the all-time record for seven consecutive wins in a single season Tuesday afternoon. The Golden Falcons hosted Bloomfield College at Tryon Field to edge the Bears 2-1 in the contest.
Lorenzo Ferrari (Palestro, Italy) secured his 10th goal of the season when he netted both Felician goals in the first half while
Jake Sa (Union, N.J.) made his first appearance in net this season to secure the win with three saves.
Felician's offense congested the goal box as they recorded 29 shots in the contest compared to Bloomfield's nine. To ignite the afternoon, the Golden Falcons booted five consecutive shots by
Dario Gomez (Lake Worth, F.L.),
Hugo Rodriguez (Madrid, Spain),
Riccardo Benini - 2 (Bologna, Italy), and
Manuel Otero (Sanxenxo, Spain). After the sixth Felician shot, Ferrari was able to locate the ball from a Benini pass to find the back of the net for this first goal of the day, 1-0.
With under a minute remaining in the first,
Alex Ramos (Almada, Portugal) gained possession to short kick it to Benini that found Ferrari again on the left side of the goal to extend the green-and-gold lead, 2-0. Felician recorded 15 shots in the second-half, however, none of them were able to find the back of the net. The Bears posted a penalty kick goal at the 53rd minute in an attempt to chip away at the host lead, 2-1.
The Golden Falcons had two penalty kick opportunities of their own late into the second half, but the Bears keeper managed to get a hand on both to maintain the score at 2-1.
Men's Soccer, who is now 5th in the east region according to the Oct. 10th poll, improves their record to 8-1-1 overall and 6-0 in the CACC. They will be back in action on Thursday to continue their match with St. Thomas Aquinas at 3:30pm which was suspended due to inclement weather on Sept. 9. The game will commence in the second-half with the Golden Falcons sitting tied with the Spartans, 1-1, with 41:55 remaining on the clock.
