College Beat: Maabdi leads St. Francis past Rider; BC blanks Berkeley; LIU ladies fall
Senior midfielder Adam Maabdi assisted on one goal and scored what proved to be the game-winner in the 77th minute Monday afternoon as the St. Francis College men’s soccer team posted its second straight impressive victory, 3-1, over Rider at Ben Cohen Field in Lawrenceville, N.J.
Maabdi, who set up sophomore forward Kevin Correa’s team-leading fourth goal in the 32nd minute, snapped a 1-1 deadlock with just over 12 minutes to play in regulation when he beat Rider goalie Jason Giordano with his third tally of the campaign, helping the Terriers improve to 3-4 this season.
Freshman midfielder Viktor Bakkioui added an insurance goal in the 85th minute as St. Francis built on Saturday’s 3-0 blanking of Howard University at Brooklyn’s Aviator Sports Complex.