TEANECK, N.J. - The FDU Knights (5-2-4, 1-0-1) took on the Central Connecticut Blue Devils (0-10-1, 0-3) resulting in a 3-0 victory for the Burgundy and Blue.
Prior to kickoff, the Knights honored their six graduating players in a senior day celebration.
The Knights and Blue Devils kept the playing field equal finishing the first half with the score knotted at 0-0.
In the 49
th minute, a corner kick taken by
Dominic Valenzuela connected with
Gabriel Le Guen to net the first goal of the day. Le Guen recorded his first goal of the season.
Within the 56
th minute of play,
Kevin Leonhard put the Knights ahead by two with a big boot from long range. Leonhard continued his success on the pitch with his second goal of the day in the 77
th minute off a cross from
Eric Dlabal. With the brace by Leonhard, the Knights notched a 3-0 win.
This marked graduate student goalkeeper
Spencer King's fifth shutout of the season.
"Today was an important win for our program and the graduating senior class," said head coach
Jaymee Highcock. "We knew CCSU would provide a strong challenge and we displayed a very professional performance. The first half was quite even with not many chances for both teams. We mentioned at halftime about creating moments and entertaining the fans. In the second half we scored another good set piece, had some good attacking moments and
Kevin Leonhard scored a fantastic individual goal. The seniors have done a lot for this program and I am happy that we could play them all and reward them with 3 points. We are ready and looking forward to playing LIU next Sunday."
WHAT'S NEXT
The Knights will take on LIU in Brookville, N.Y. on Sunday, October 13. Kick-off is set for 1 p.m. and you can stream all the action on NEC Front Row.
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