Late Goal, Stellar Netminding Lifts NYU over Rutgers-Camden
The New York University men's soccer team grinded out a 1-0 win against Rutgers-Camden University on a wet Saturday afternoon in a home contest played at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in Newark, New Jersey.
The Violets (2-0-1) were kept to only nine shots, four on goal, their lowest tally of the season so far.
"It was not a great performance," said Head Coach Kim Wyant. "We figured out a way to win. The other team made a mistake and we were in a position to capitalize on that. I thought that defensively in the box, we were tight, fighting for balls and shutting down any opportunities that they had. And Jackson (McCloskey) came up big a few times. Of course, the post did too."
McCloskey produced an outstanding double-save to keep the first half goal-less, and went on to register five saves on either side of halftime.
Overall, the Scarlet Raptors out-shot the Violets 19-9, 10-4 on goal.
As heavy rain started to come down in the second half, both sides had chances. However, neither threatened to score.
With 10 minutes left to play, a loose Rutgers-Camden pass fell to Nathan Bennett, who took a touch and slotted it into the bottom far right corner for his third goal of the season.
"We're real committed as a team to playing our style of soccer and our game model," said Wyant. "We were having a lot of trouble building the ball out of the back and getting into the final third. We probably did a better job in the first half. Nonetheless, we're going to stay committed to that."