Pedro Espindola Named NE-10 Men's Soccer Co-Rookie of the Week
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First weekly conference award for Espindola
RINDGE, N.H. (October 21, 2013) – Franklin Pierce
University freshman standout Pedro Espindola (Sao Paulo,
Brazil) on Monday was named the Northeast-10 Conference
Men’s Soccer Co-Rookie of the Week. It marked the first
weekly conference award for Espindola in his collegiate career, and
the second-straight week the Ravens were honored by the NE-10 as
senior Gareth Dudney (North Andover, Mass.) was
named the league’s player of the week last week.
Espindola received the recognition after a pair of impressive performances last week, including a three-point afternoon in a 3-0 win at Saint Anselm last Wednesday. Espindola assisted on George Levantakis’ (Lynnfield, Mass.) second half goal, and then struck home a blast of his own at the final buzzer for his first collegiate goal.
Espindola followed up that performance on Saturday with an amazing 13-shot effort in a narrow 1-0 setback to Adelphi. Seven of Espindola’s 13 shots went on goal, and three got past the Adelphi goalkeeper, only to be kicked away by a Panther defender at the last second.
Franklin Pierce returns to action Tuesday night when the Ravens play host to Saint Michael’s at 7 p.m. on Sodexo Field in Rindge.
For more information on Franklin Pierce men’s soccer, please visit the team’s page at http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu. To follow the program even further, please visit Franklin Pierce Athletics on YouTube (www.youtube.com/FranklinPierceSports), Twitter (www.twitter.com/FPUathletics) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceRavens). Fans wishing to purchase Franklin Pierce men’s soccer apparel can do so on the athletic department’s online store at http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu/store(.)