Ivan Favelevic
Journal Staff

Last season, the Suffolk Rams broke expectations by qualifying into the NCAA soccer tournament. Despite their swift exit, the school understood what an accomplishment this was for the team. This year, both the men’s soccer team and the school have set higher goals for themselves and the hope to up last year’s performance is fresh on everybody’s minds.
“Our goals will remain high,” said head coach Andrius Zeikus during a brief meeting with the Journal. “We had a great experience last year and we hope to build up on that.”
Unfortunately, the season has gotten off to a rocky start, with the current 1-4 record and a 3 game losing streak. Nonetheless, Coach Zeikus keeps his head up.
“We need to blend together as a team,” said Zeikus. “We have a lot of new people and we are integrating them into the team on a daily basis.”
However, in the short time since the season started, there have been a number of pleasant surprises. The Rams’ victory over Newbury on September 4th came at an unprecedented 4-0 lead. This is adding to the outstanding performances of midfielders Danny Lloyd and Michael Missouri, who have each scored 2 goals so far.
“We have a tough lineup this year” said Zeikus, “tougher than most years. We need to adapt to every opponent and change our lineup when we need to. The better your opponent the better you will play.”
Key games of the season include Emerson on Oct 10 and Tufts on Oct 19. Be sure to catch the upcoming home games against Salve Regina on Sep 14 and Mount Ida on the 21.