The Johnson & Wales men's soccer squad suffered a 6-1 setback against Framingham State in a non-conference contest at Maple Street Field to open the 2010 season on the road on Wednesday afternoon.

Senior midfielder Scotty Faria (Fall River, Mass.) and senior forward Jason Silva (Northbridge, Mass.) each picked up a hat trick in the win for the Rams. 

Johnson and Wales scored first and took a 1-0 lead in the 18^th minute on sophomore Ben Bellows' (Chester, Conn.) first goal of the season. 

The Rams would score six unanswered goals en route to the win.  Silva tied the game at 21:01 of the first half as converted off an assist from sophomore Cory Ferris (Somerset, Mass.).  Silva would add his second in the 33^rd minute to send the game to half with the Rams leading 2-1.  Junior Richie Green (Haverhill, Mass.) assisted on Silva's second tally.

Faria scored the Rams first three goals of the second half to push the Rams lead to 5-1 and Silva finished the scoring in the 83^rd minute with his third of the game. 

Joe Ferraro (Freehold, N.J.) made 11 saves in the loss for Johnson & Wales, while Greg Halle (Beverly, Mass.) picked up his first win and made five stops for the Rams.

With the loss Johnson & Wales falls to 0-1 while Framingham State is 1-0.  The Wildcats will return to action this weekend when they travel to Springfield College for the SC Invitational, starting Saturday at noon.