Men’s Soccer Holds Off Curry, 4-3

MILTON, Mass. – Suffolk men's soccer burst out to a four-goal lead and clung to it despite a late surge by Curry to take a 4-3 Conference of New England (CNE) victory Saturday afternoon at Walter M. Katz Field.   

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 4 | Curry 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (8-4-3, 5-0-1 CNE) | Curry (6-8-2, 0-3-3 CNE)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk put up three goals in the first half to hold a comfortable 3-0 cushion at half time. Luke Blawn struck first with help from Diego Pierantozzi 3:04 into the action. Just over five minutes later Blawn set-up Francisco Valck to double the margin. Erik Van Even used a feed from Paolo Tedesco at the 29:45 mark for the Rams' third goal of the afternoon.  

Five minutes out of the break, TJ Maselek put away an unassisted marker to pad distance to 4-0 in the blue-and-gold's favor. 

The Colonels started to play catchup in the 64th minute when Aidan Watts converted a penalty kick to put Curry on the scoreboard. 

Watts scored his second of the game at the 70:58 mark to slice the gap in half.  

Watts second good PK of the outing came with 6:15 left in regulation to trim Suffolk's advantage to one, 4-3.  before he completed the hat trick with 6:15 left in regulation.  

Mateu Farre-Torres came up big in the final six minutes as the sophomore stopped the final three Colonels shots to preserve the conference victory for the blue-and-gold. 

KEEPING UP WITH KEEPERS

• Harlow had four saves in the victory. 
• Farre-Torres finished with three saves.
• Brendan Cunningham took the loss after giving up a pair of goals with one-save to his credit. 
• Justin Ritz came in and had five saves in 70:53 of action.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Blawn paced Suffolk's scoring with one goal and one assist. 
• Maselek, Van Even and Valck notched one goal each. 
• Pierantozzi and Tedesco both had one assist. 
• Suffolk outshot Curry, 18-14. 
• The Rams had a 10-7 edge in shots on target. 
• Both teams took five corner kicks.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk won its second straight game against Curry. 
• Since 2002, Suffolk is now 6-1-1 versus Curry. 
• On the road the blue-and-gold is 2-1-1 versus Curry. 
• In CNE contests, the blue-and-gold is 3-0-1 versus the Colonels. 
• The Rams have outscored the Colonels, 25-13 in the series dating back to 2002. 
• Suffolk is unbeaten 3-0-1 against Curry under Bill Maddock's guidance. 
• Blawn dished out the first assist of his collegiate career. 
• Blawn registered a career-high three points. 
• Valck logged his seventh goal of the year. 
• Van Even recorded his first goal of the season. 
• Maselek scored his second goal of the season. 
• Pierantozzi tallied his third assist of the year. 
• Tedesco had his first assist of the campaign.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk will entertain Endicott at East Boston Memorial Park Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 7:00 p.m.