Men's Soccer Battles Duquesne To Scoreless Draw On The Road

Saturday, October 1

7 pm

8-2-1

Duquesne

5-2-2

OT 1

OT 2

Buffalo

Duquesne

Men's Soccer Battles Duquesne To Scoreless Draw On The Road

10/1/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

PITTSBURGH, PA – The University at Buffalo men's soccer team (8-2-1, 0-0-0 MAC) gutted out a road draw against a very strong Duquesne Dukes squad on Saturday night at Rooney Field, 0-0. The clean sheet gives UB seven on the year through 11 matches as junior Joseph Kuta now ranks third in program history for shutouts in a season.

The Basics

Score: Buffalo 0, Duquesne 0
Records: Buffalo (8-2-1, 0-0-0 MAC), Duquesne (5-2-2, 0-0-0 A10)
Location: Rooney Field – Pittsburgh, PA
Crowd: 165

Starting Lineups

Buffalo: Alec Fisher, Daniel Cramarossa, Nick Forrester, David Enstrom, Braden Culver, Russell Cicerone, Austin Place, Rikard Lindqvist, Braden Scales, Tommy Fogarty-Cameron, Joseph Kuta
Duquesne: Cody West, Fredrick Borenstein, Ian Larson, George Poppas, Evan Kozlowski, Zach Hall, Austin Stout, Alex Christensson, Ryan Landry, Brandon Walbert, Bryan Fegley

How It Happened

The Bulls were able to record the first shot of the match in the eighth minute as senior Daniel Cramarossa ripped a shot that was blocked away by the Dukes defense.
In the 17^th minute, Cody West was able to record a shot on frame that Joseph Kuta calmly made the save on.
Three minutes later, Frederik Borenstein saw his shot attempt saved by a diving Joseph Kuta.
Duquesne had a great chance in the 34^th minute as Chris Alescio took a feed in the box but his chip shot went just over the cage.
A minute later, Daniel Cramarossa forced Evan Kozlowski to make a save on a free kick from 40 yards out.
In the 40^th minute, both teams exchanged chances as Tommy Fogarty-Cameron saw his header go just wide while Jallah Acqui forced Joseph Kuta to make his third save of the half.
Buffalo had the first chance to score in the second half as senior captain Russell Cicerone ripped a shot that was saved by the lunging Duquesne keeper.
After the two teams exchanged yellow cards, the Dukes took a shot from inside the 18-yard box that Joseph Kuta poked out-of-bounds for a corner kick, preventing a goal.
Duquesne had a flurry of shots in the 62^nd minute of play but the Bulls defense was able to get out without any harm, keeping the match scoreless.
Russell Cicerone had a header chance in the 83^rd minute that went just over the top of the cage after a nice cross from Steven Stryker.
Duquesne had the first dangerous chance in overtime as Jallah Acqui was open at the top of the box but his shot went wide right.
In the 103^rd minute, Russell Cicerone was dragged down just outside the box and was awarded a free kick. On the ensuing free kick, Cicerone's right-footed blast was blocked away by the Duquesne wall.
Joseph Kuta made a nice save in the 104^th minute to keep the game scoreless.

Inside The Numbers

This marks the second overtime match of the season for the Bulls. UB owns a 1-0-1 record when heading to extra time.
Duquesne held the 15-6 edge in shots and the 5-2 advantage in corner kicks in the tie.
Junior goalkeeper Joseph Kuta made five saves in his career-best seventh shutout of the season.
With his seventh clean sheet of the season, Joseph Kuta ranks third in program history for shutouts in a season.
Russell Cicerone and Daniel Cramarossa led the UB offense with two shots each.

For The Foes

The Dukes had six different players record two shots in the match while five players notched shots on goal in the draw.
In goal, Evan Kozlowski made two saves to earn his fifth shutout of the season.

What They Are Saying

Head coach Stu Riddle: "We came to a difficult place and played a team that was ranked 16^th in the latest RPI polls tonight. We defended like men and created enough good chances to win the match. This prepares us exceptionally well heading into MAC play next weekend and we are excited for that portion of the season to begin."

Up Next

The Bulls will have six days off before opening MAC play on the road at nationally-ranked Akron on Friday, October 7. The MAC opener will kick off at 7:30pm on Friday.