SNHU Grounds River Hawks

No. 7 Penmen Unbeaten in Past 7

September 24, 2009

LOWELL, Mass. – No. 7 Southern New Hampshire University posted its sixth straight shutout with a 2-0 win over UMass Lowell in Northeast-10 men’s soccer Wednesday night.

The Penmen, who are unbeaten in their last seven games (6-0-1), improve to 7-1-1 overall and 4-0-1 in the NE-10, while the River Hawks, who gave the Penmen two of their three losses last season, are now 3-3 and 2-2 in the league.

Marc Goulet (Plainfield, Conn.) got the Penmen on the board 17 seconds before intermission when he bent a left-to-right corner kick in to make it 1-0 at halftime. Southern New Hampshire would get its second goal at the 59-minute mark when Jayme Kapinos (Ludlow, Mass.) gave a hesitation move then sent a cross into Michael Adam (Ludlow, Mass.), who tapped it home.

Sean Lambert (Rehoboth, Mass.) posted his sixth shutout of the season by turning aside five shots. He extended his shutout streak to 605:26 in the victory.

UMass Lowell keeper Ryan Richards made seven saves as the Penmen outshot the River Hawks 16-11, including an 11-4 advantage in the first half. SNHU also generated a 7-2 advantage in corner kicks.

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