Career Nights Lead to 6-0 Win Over Saint Francis

Monday, September 1

College Park, MD

7 PM

Maryland

2-0-1, 0-0-0

Saint Francis

0-3-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Saint Francis	0	0	0
Maryland	1	5	6

9/1/2025 7:00:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score Photo Gallery

Luke Van Heukelum scored twice and Matais De Jesus tallied three assists as Maryland downed the Red Flash.

COLLEGE PARK, MD - Maryland's Luke van Heukelum recorded his first multi-goal match of his career and Matias De Jesus assisted on three of the Terps' goals as Maryland (2-0-1) prevailed 6-0 over Saint Francis (0-3) on Monday night at Ludwig Field. Henry Bernstein earned a three-point match as Maryland scored thrice in the waning minutes to cap off a thrilling night.

With 2,245 fans on hand to witness their career nights, van Heukelum and De Jesus led the Terps to their third straight unbeaten result to start a season since 2022.

Maryland tested Saint Francis goalkeeper Braeden Sorensen with a bevy of shots in the first half, outshooting the Red Flash 13-1 and tallying four corners to SFU's one.

Van Heukelum broke through on Maryland's 12th shot of the half, burying his first goal of the season as De Jesus and Brian St. Martin both picked up their first assists of the year as chaos in front of the net led to a 1-0 advantage that the Terps took into the half.

Luke with the first goal of the game with a double assist from Brian and Mati! pic.twitter.com/wCGoEW7TEW
— Maryland Men's Soccer 🐢 (@MarylandMSoccer) September 1, 2025

Albi Ndrenika wove between defenders in the 58th minute before blasting his first goal of the season into the back of the net. Lasse Kelp found his first assist of the season and De Jesus added his second of the night to double the Terps' lead.

Albi with his fourth goal of his career! pic.twitter.com/x27b2zNhcM
— Maryland Men's Soccer 🐢 (@MarylandMSoccer) September 2, 2025

A header from van Heukelum gave him his second goal of the night in the 61st minute as De Jesus picked up another assist, bringing him up to three on the night.

Luke with his second goal of the night!!! pic.twitter.com/tkPAIeYZOD
— Maryland Men's Soccer 🐢 (@MarylandMSoccer) September 2, 2025

St. Martin kept the offensive party going in the 83rd minute with his first-career goal as Henry Bernstein picked up his first assist of the year. Two minutes later, Bernstein scored a goal (the first of his career) of his own on Leon Koehl earned his first assist of the season. Mateo Caride got in on the action with a goal in the 88th minute as Rocket Ritarita and Joel Brown added assists to the historic night. Maryland goalkeeper Laurin Mack posted his second shutout of the season in a match where he only needed to face two shots.

We promise this is the last one of the night 🤷‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/89aS83LRqV
— Maryland Men's Soccer 🐢 (@MarylandMSoccer) September 2, 2025

How it Happened:

Albi Ndrenika recorded the match's first shot in the 11th minute.
Matias deJesus put the match's first shot on goal in the 24th minute.
SFU's goalkeeper received a yellow card in the 30th minute for delay of play.
Maryland looked to have scored on a corner in the 34th minute, but the play was deemed offsides.
Van Heukelum scored (1) in the 40th minute with assists from De Jesus (1) and St. Martin (1).
Saint Francis recorded its first shot in the 43rd minute.
Ndrenika scored (1) in the 58th minute assisted by Kelp (1) and De Jesus (2).
Van Heukelum scored his second goal (2) of the night in the 61st minute as De Jesus picked up his third assist of the match (3).
St. Martin scored (1) in the 83rd minute and was assisted by Bernstein (1).
Bernstein scored (1) in the 85th minute on an assist from Ritarita (1) and Koehl (1).
Caride (1) scored in the 88th minute on assists from Ritarita (2) and Brown (1).

Witnessing the Win:

Both Maryland Athletic Director Jim Smith and University President Dr. Darryll J. Pines were in attendance as the Terps dominated Saint Francis.

.@TerpsADJimSmith and @President_Pines enjoying a beautiful Monday night at Ludwig Field 🙌 pic.twitter.com/Rlp5HezYeD
— Maryland Men's Soccer 🐢 (@MarylandMSoccer) September 2, 2025

Numbers to Know:

1: Maryland picked up its first-ever win over the Red Flash in the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
2: Van Heukelum earned his first multi-goal match of his career.
3: De Jesus recorded his first multi-assist match of his career.
5: Mack posted his fifth-career shutout.
28: Maryland had a +28 shot differential (29-2) as the Terps dominated the possession battle.
30: Maryland posted a season-high 30 shots in the win, nearly reaching its season total entering the match (31).
2010: The Terps earned their largest shutout win since a 7-0 win over Virginia Tech in 2010.
2022: Maryland is undefeated through its first three matches of the season since 2022.
2023: The Terps recorded a six-goal match for the first time since a 6-4 win over Villanova in 2023.
2245: Ludwig Field drew 2,245 fans for the Labor Day clash.

Cirovski's Takeaways

"I really like our culture. Our chemistry's good. We have good balance. We're deep."
"The players who aren't starting are as good as the players who are starting. There's no dropoff. Tonight we saw that."
"I like the fact that we can attack and have different guys get on the end of goals. We also had a lot of good plays. There were a lot of good assists tonight."

Van Heukelum's Victory:

"It feels great. I was happy to finally get on the score sheet and I was happy to see some of the younger guys get their first points. I think overall it was just a great night."
"I think we really just had to be patient in the attack. Even though we had a lot of chances in the attack, our defenders made sure to stay defensively committed."

De Jesus' Dominance:

"Sometimes it's tough to break a team down when they're sitting back. We learned a lot. I think the guys that came on knew what to do. We were able to find those spots and get in those pockets and we were fortunate that we got goals out of it."

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