FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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October 31,
2005
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Rhode Island
College
Men’s Soccer Update #8
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(9-5-3 Overall;
4-1-2 in the Little East Conference)
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Providence, RI--Head
Coach John Mello’s team is 9-5-3 overall and 4-1-2 in the
Little East Conference. The Anchormen finished the regular season in
second place in the Little East Conference. RIC also finished second
in 2004. |
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Anchormen Notables |
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The Anchormen are
the second seed in the four-team 2005 Little East Conference Men’s
Soccer Tournament. The Anchormen will host third-seeded Plymouth State
in the semi-finals on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 2:30 p.m. The Anchormen
hosted PSU a year ago in the semi-finals and won, 3-1. The winner of
the game will play the winner of top-seeded Keene State and
fourth-seeded Western Connecticut. |
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The Anchormen
played their final non-conference opponent of the regular season on
Monday, Oct. 24 against Connecticut College and won, 1-0, in double
overtime. The two teams were knotted at 0-0 through regulation and one
overtime period before senior forward Kyle Teixeira (Warren, RI)
scored the game-winner in the 101st minute. Sophomore
goalkeeper Jadon Neves (Warren, RI) made four saves to improve
his record to 5-4-1 with three shutouts. Sophomore defenseman Matt
Souto (East Providence, RI) had the assist on Teixeira’s goal. |
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RIC played to a
double-overtime, 1-1, tie with Keene State on Thursday, Oct. 27. KSC
scored in the tenth minute and RIC sophomore
forward Kyle Genereux
(Harrisville, RI) converted on a pass from Teixeira in the
12th minute to finish the game’s scoring. RIC sophomore
goalkeeper Sean Gonsalves (Somerset, MA) made ten saves in the
tie and stayed unbeaten on the year with a 4-0-2 record. |
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The Anchormen
closed out the regular season at Eastern Connecticut on Saturday, Oct.
29 and lost, 2-0, to the Warriors. Neves made three saves as his
record dipped to 5-5-1 on the year. |
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Upcoming Games |
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Wednesday, Nov. 2,
home vs. Plymouth State, 2 p.m., Little East Conference Men’s Soccer
Tournament Semi-Final Game |
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The Statistical
Leaders |
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Goals |
Assists |
Points |
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17,
Kyle Teixeira, Sr. (Warren, RI) |
8,
Kyle Teixeira, Sr. (Warren, RI) |
42,
Kyle Teixeira, Sr. (Warren, RI) |
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4,
Tyrell Burgess, Fr. (Smiths, Bermuda) |
5,
Tyrell Burgess, Fr. (Smiths, Bermuda) |
13,
Tyrell Burgess, Fr. (Smiths, Bermuda) |
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2,
several tied |
4,
Julian Montoya, So. (N. Providence, RI) |
6,
Julian Montoya, So. (N. Providence, RI) |
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Goalkeeper Statistics |
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Jadon Neves, So. (Warren, RI), 11 games, 956:32 minutes, 5-5-1 record,
37 saves, 1.41 GAA, .712 save percentage, three shutouts. |
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Sean Gonsalves, So. (Somerset, MA), seven games, 642:59 minutes, 4-0-2
record, 21 saves, 0.28 GAA, .913 save percentage, four shutouts. |
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All Rhode Island College Men’s Soccer Home Games
are Broadcasted on the Internet.
Visit
www.ric.edu/athletics to catch all the action. |
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