Dukes Dominate Longwood to Extend Their Win Streak to Three Games

Tuesday, October 17

Farmville, Va.

6 p.m.

James Madison University

7-5-3

Longwood

0-13-1

James Madison

Longwood

Dukes Dominate Longwood to Extend Their Win Streak to Three Games

10/17/2017 8:01:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score @JMUMSoccer 2017 Statistics

FARMVILLE, Va. – A team-high five goals allowed the James Madison men's soccer team to increase their win streak to three games, as the Dukes defeated Longwood, 5-0 on Tuesday. After the win, the Dukes improve to 7-5-3 while the Lancers drop to 0-13-1 on the season.

Game Recap
17' | Sophomore Manuel Ferriol tallied his fifth goal of the season as he scored off a rebound from a blocked shot
25' | Senior Joe Vyner snuck past the Lancers' goalie and headed the ball into the back of the net to double the lead. Sophomore Brandon Clegg received an assist on the play
40' | Sophomore Ben Dao tied the team-high in goals with his fifth goal coming off a pass from sophomore Tim Estermann that Dao placed in the bottom left
55' | Sophomore Brennen Burton tallied his second goal of the season off a rebound from a deflected shot attempt
61' | Freshman Petur Thorsteinsson scored his first goal of the season off a cross from graduate student Yannick Franz

Foley's Remarks
Overall Thoughts…
"The team played very strong to start out the game and played very strong throughout the game. The early goals allowed us to dictate the pace and intensity of the game and the team handled that very well. Now we have to get ready for Northeastern."

Inside the Box Score
JMU took a team-high 22 shots with nine on goal and limited the Lancers to just eight shots with four on goal. Both teams' goalie tallied four saves on the night. The Dukes committed nine fouls which is the second-lowest this season. Redshirt freshman TJ Bush improves to 5-3-1 and collected his fourth shutout of the campaign.

Up Next
JMU will play its last road match of the regular season, as the team will travel to Boston, Mass to take on conference foe Northeastern on Saturday at 1 p.m.