Farmingdale State 2, Eastern Connecticut 2
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. | The Farmingdale State College men's soccer team twice leveled one-goal deficits in the final 13 minutes of Friday afternoon's season-opening match at Thomas Nevers Field, as the visiting Rams played to a 2-2 draw at host Eastern Connecticut State University.
After conceding a goal in the 69th minute of play, FSC knotted the score at 1-all with less than 13 minutes to play when senior
Esnaire Rivera (Levittown, N.Y.) finished an end-line cross from junior fullback
Daniel Rivas (Westbury, N.Y.). Freshman midfielder
Sebastian Monroy (Brentwood, N.Y.) was also credited with an assist on the play after sending Rivas down the flank and into the attacking third.
The Warriors went back ahead less than one minute later on a penalty kick, before the Rams battled back to tie the score at 2-2. Junior midfielder
Anthony Bileddo (Carle Place, N.Y.) picked up where he left off last season, when he buried a free kick from the top of the penalty area just under the crossbar to account for the final score.
Farmingdale State held a 14-9 advantage in shots, with both sides placing five attempts on target. Rams senior keeper
Justin Silva (Bellerose, N.Y.) made three saves on the afternoon.
Head coach Chuck Schimpf's Rams wrap up their back-to-back opening weekend of play Saturday afternoon, when it plays host to Lehman College in a noon kickoff.
