UNBEATEN SOCCER MONARCHS DEFEAT DRAKE, 4-1

No. 1/3 Maryland next on Tuesday night at ODU

 

OMAHA, NE—Jordan LeBlanc (Haverford, PA.) scored twice and Chris Harmon (Downington, PA.) added a goal and an assist to lead the Monarchs (6-0) of Old Dominion to a 4-1 victory over Drake in the Creighton Soccer Classic.  The Monarchs who beat second ranked Creighton Friday night rank fifth by Soccer America, 11^th by College Soccer News and 14^th by the NSCAA Coaches poll.

 

"It was a very rewarding weekend with two good wins.We showed great poise on the road and look forward to returning home to face Maryland Tuesday Night in a National Showdown." - Alan Dawson,

ODU head coach.

 

After a Drake foul in the box, Jordan LeBlanc put the Monarchs on the board first on a penalty kick at

the 23:05 mark in the first half.  13 minutes later, freshman midfielder Sidney Rivera (Hampton, NJ.) hit an unassisted goal from 12 yards away for a 2-0 ODU halftime lead.

 

In the second half, Drake cut the lead to 2-1 with a goal midway through by Jared Arde with an assist

from Austin Reutzel.

 

The Monarchs answered right back with two goals within a couple of minutes of each other.  LeBlanc

got a crossing pass from Chris Harmon to make it 3-1, then two minutes later Yannick Smith (Hillsburough, NJ.) fed Harmon for the game’s final goal and a 4-1 Monarch win.

 

Senior goalkeeper Victor Francoz (Fleurieu Sur Saone, France) came up with three saves on the day, while ODU outshot Drake, 25-7 overall and 15-4 in shots on goal. 

 

The Monarchs host unbeaten Maryland (5-0-1) Tuesday night at 7 p.m.  Maryland defeated No 17 N.C. State on Friday night 3-2. The Terps rank No. 1 by  Soccer America, and No. 3 by the NSCAA Coaches and College Soccer News.

 

The last top three nationally ranked teams to visit the ODU Soccer Complex were: No. 2

North Carolina on Sept. 28 of 2010 (ODU won 2-1); No. 1 Maryland on Aug. 25, 2006 (No. 20 ODU lost 2-0); No. 4 Virginia (No. 18 ODU wins, 3-0); No. 5 Wake Forest on Sept. 21, 2003 (No. 7 ODU wins, 2-0);

No. 5 JMU on Oct. 7, 1995 (ODU wins, 1-0), No. 2 UCLA on Sept. 28, 1992 ODU Metlife Classic (ODU loses, 1-0) and No. 2 Virginia in 1984 (ODU loses 1-0) at Foreman Field.

   

ODU  2-2=4

Drake 0-1=1

 

23:05  ODU  Jordan LeBlanc on penalty Kick

38:58 ODU   Sidney Rivera

63:21 DU      Jarred Arde from Sutin Reutzel

67:14 ODU  Jordan LeBlanc from Chris Harmon

69:21 ODU  Chris Harmon from Yannick Smith

 

Shots: ODU (25), DU (7)

SOG: ODU (15), DU (4)

Corners: ODU (7),, DU (4)

Saves: ODU- Francoz (3), DU- Rich Gallagher (11)