Lightning Strikes Twice as Men's Soccer Edges Framingham State, 2-1

WORCESTER – Freshman Ryan Tropeano literally came off the bench to lift WPI past Framingham State, 2-1, in a non-conference men’s soccer match on Wednesday night at Alumni Stadium.

Tropeano entered the pitch at 86:22 and proceeded to score his first collegiate goal on a header 26 seconds later. Earlier in the game, sophomore Pav Christidis came on 2:40 before scoring his first collegiate goal at 37:10. Senior co-captain Chris Murray assisted on both Engineer goals.

Ram junior goalkeeper Josh Arno made a nifty save in the 51st minute on a header by sophomore Brendan Nemes . Five minutes later, senior Cory Cardeiro converted a penalty kick to level the game at 1-1. Following the penalty kick, WPI took all 10 shots, including six on goal, the rest of the game.

Engineer sophomore Connor Hoeckele stopped one shot while Arno logged a game-best 11 saves.

As a team, WPI held a 20-7 advantage in shots and were awarded 10 of the game’s 11 corner kicks.

The contest was delayed for 65 minutes due to lightning in the area.

Framingham State (0-3), meanwhile, treks to Daniel Webster for a 1 p.m. game Saturday next.

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Release courtesy of Framingham State Athletics