Felician Athletics - 9/20/07 MEN'S SOCCER - Dominican Stops Men's Booters, 3-0

RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Felician College became the fifth shutout victim in 2007 of visiting Dominican (N.Y.) College in the Golden Falcons’ 3-0 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference men’s soccer loss on Thursday afternoon at Tryon Field. Dominican (5-1-4, 3-0-1) is ranked fourth in the latest Division II New England Regional coaches’ poll.

The Chargers’ leading scorer, Jhonny Arteaga (Stamford, CT/Westhill) had goals in the sixth and 35th minutes to give his team a 2-0 halftime lead. Dominican was able to limit Felician’s first-half chances with a 11-5 shot advantage and by holding the Golden Falcons without a corner kick for the period.

The second half was more evenly played, but for the day, Felician (0-7-2, 0-1-1) was only able to put four of its 14 shots on goal. Shane Lowe (Hyde Park, NY/Roosevelt) sealed the victory for the Chargers, scoring on a header with 9:48 left in regulation. Goalkeeper Robert Kelly (Kearny, NJ/Kearny) earned the shutout with four saves.

Boris Shabovta (Manalapan, NJ/John Dewey [NY]) led the Golden Falcons with four shots and Paulo DosSantos (Toronto, Ontario/Sir Oliver Mowat) was credited with four saves.