Rindge, N.H. – Freshman forward Salar Faryar (Frankfurt, Germany/Max-Eyth Schule) knocked in a rebound in the 58th minute to give the Le Moyne College men's soccer team a 2-1 victory over 19th-ranked Franklin Pierce University in Northeast-10 Conference action on Tuesday afternoon at Sodexo Field.

Following two shots by each team over the opening 37 minutes, including a shot on target by each team, the Ravens opened the games scoring. After carrying the ball down the left sideline, Casey Schehl crossed the ball to the top of the goal box, where it was headed into the right side of the net by Marius Preber at the 37:07 mark for his 11th goal of the season.

The Dolphins, who won in Rindge for just the third time in 16 all-time meetings (3-12-1) and for the first time since the 2005 Northeast-10 Conference Championship game (0-8-1 in between wins), answered back just four minutes later to even the score at one apiece. Off a scramble at the top of the penalty box after the goalkeeper was unable to collect the ball, redshirt sophomore midfielder Seth Scarano (Valatie, N.Y./Ichabod Crane) was able to flick the ball to his right to senior midfielder Callum Donnelly (Edinburgh, Scotland/J. Gillespies/Webber International). After a touch, Donnelly fired a shot into the right side of the net for his fourth goal of the season.

Le Moyne took the lead just over 12 minutes into the second half. After Donnelly had a shot clang off the crossbar, Faryar gathered the rebound and sent a shot into the bottom left corner of the net for his team-best 10th goal of the campaign.

Franklin Pierce got off five shots over the final 15 minutes of the game, including two that were on target, but could not tally the equalizer.

Junior goalkeeper Ben Beaury (Cohoes, N.Y./LaSalle Institute) registered four saves, including three in the second half, to earn his 10th win of the season and the 34th of his career. Aidan Abolfazli took the loss after giving up the goal in the second half, while making one save. Le Moyne edged the Ravens in shots, 10-9, while also taking one more corner kick, 5-4.

Le Moyne (11-3-2, 8-3-1 NE-10), which closes out the regular season on Friday at the University of New Haven at 3:00 p.m., is currently in third place in the conference standings and can finish anywhere between second and fifth. Le Moyne's playoff scenarios are detailed below

If Le Moyne wins at New Haven
Second – if Merrimack loses to Saint Michael's on Friday
Third – if Merrimack wins or ties Saint Michael's

If Le Moyne ties New Haven
Third – if Franklin Pierce ties or loses at Assumption
Fourth – Franklin Pierce wins at Assumption

If Le Moyne loses at New Haven
Third - if Franklin Pierce ties or loses at Assumption AND Southern New Hampshire ties or loses at Southern Connecticut State
Fourth – if Franklin Pierce wins at Assumption OR Southern New Hampshire wins at Southern Connecticut State
Fifth – if Franklin Pierce wins at Assumption AND Southern New Hampshire wins at Southern Connecticut State