Madison, NJ (September 27) – FDU-Florham women's soccer, which received votes in the D3Soccer.com National Poll for the second straight week, picked up its 11th consecutive victory tonight, 1-0, at Drew University in non-conference action.
Records: FDU-Florham (11-0-0); Drew (6-3-0)
Location: Madison, NJ (Ranger Stadium)
FDU Goal Scorers: Carly Santucci (1)
Drew nearly tallied the first goal of the game late in the first half and had a look at an empty net, but
Sofia Carozza (Pawling, NY) cleared the ball off the goal line as the match went into the break scoreless. FDU keeper
Erica Blackburn (Marlboro, NJ) made a pair of saves in the first half, while Drew keeper Anthi Panayides made four stosp over the first 45 minutes of action.
The Devils were awarded a corner kick in the 57th minute and
Carly Santucci (Middlesex, NJ) headed the ball into the left side of the net off the kick by
Francesca Escudero (Bridgewater, NJ). Blackburn (11-0-0) made two more saves over the final 34 minutes of play for her seventh complete game shutout of the season.
FDU-Florham has now won five of its last six matchups against crosstown rival Drew and has shutout an opponent for the ninth time this year, now the third most in a single season in program history.
FDU-Florham will play its final non-conference regular season game of the year on Saturday, October 1 as the Devils will host Cabrini University on Robert T. Shields Field at 4:00 pm.
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FDU-Florham is currently running a campaign in honor of former Devils men's basketball head coach, men's golf coach and athletic director Roger Kindel.
All donations will go directly towards funding a complete renovation of the basketball and volleyball court inside the Ferguson Recreation Center with his name dawned on both sides. If you are interested in reading more about the campaign and/or making a donation to the cause, please follow the link here: https://support.fdu.edu/athletics/devils/giving/roger-kindel
