Syracuse, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men's soccer team recorded a 1-1 draw against the FDU Knights at Ted Grant Field on Sunday afternoon. Le Moyne finished with five shots and one shot on goal, while FDU had 10 shots and four on frame, with senior goalkeeper
Wyatt Dupell (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) credited with three saves.
Le Moyne (5-2-4), (1-0-2 NEC)
Starters: Dupell (GK), Kreuzpaintner, Lundstrom Svahnqvist, Ludemann, Michitti, Granger, Allport, Pagano, Huss, Weisser, Farris
FDU (7-2-2), (1-0-1 NEC)
Starters: Franca (GK), Nitek, Le Guen, Giraudo, Yamamoto-Hodges, Pelade, Kopay, Giraldo, Bartels, Zavala, Ramirez.
Recap:
Redshirt junior forward
Felix Ludemann (Wrestedt, Germany/Herzog-Ernst-Gymnasium Uelzen) put Le Moyne ahead at :25, converting a penalty kick after junior midfielder
Giuliano Michitti's (Binghamton, N.Y./Binghamton) shot and a red card to FDU's Gabriel Le Guen.
FDU generated chances to get back into the half, with Dupell saving shots from Matt Giraldo, Thomas Giraudo and Jeremie Pelade, while Ludemann later hit the right woodwork and added another shot seconds later. Pelade converted a penalty kick at 27:17 to tie the match at 1-1, and FDU earned a corner kick and a late shot from Genti Dauti before the half ended even.
FDU put the first pressure on Le Moyne after halftime with three shots before the 50-minute mark, and the match was still 1-1 during a physical stretch from 51:21 to 57:39 that included Le Moyne fouls by sophomore defender
Kellen Farris (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne) and
Maximilian Huss (Karben, Germany/Elly-Heuss-Schule) and a yellow card to Krystian Nitek.
Le Moyne earned a corner kick at 59:50, but FDU had a shot and a corner kick before another contact-heavy sequence from 70:51 to 77:49, when Farris was booked and fouls were called on both sides while the score remained 1-1.
Inigo Ferrer put a shot out top at 78:22, FDU added a later shot from Joshua Bartels and a corner kick at 89:40, and the second half ended scoreless as the match finished 1-1.
'Phins Highlights:
Ludemann scored an unassisted goal and led Le Moyne with three shots, putting one on goal. Dupell played all 90 minutes in net and recorded three saves.
What's Next:
Up next, Le Moyne soccer team travels to Chicago, Illinois, to face Chicago State University on Thursday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m.
