Men's Soccer Collects Huge Road Win Over West Virginia, 2-1

Saturday, October 15

7 pm

9-3-1, 1-1MAC

West Virginia

6-5-1, 0-2MAC

Buffalo

West Virginia

Men's Soccer Collects Huge Road Win Over West Virginia, 2-1

10/15/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

MORGANTOWN, WV – The University at Buffalo men's soccer team (9-3-1, 1-1-0 MAC) collected their biggest win of the season on Saturday night on the road at West Virginia as Scott Doney collected his first goal of the season, the game-winner, to give UB the 2-1 win. With the win, the Bulls have collected their most wins (9) since 2008 when they went 12-4-4 overall.

The Basics

Score: Buffalo 2, West Virginia 1
Records: Buffalo (9-3-1, 1-1-0 MAC), West Virginia (6-5-1, 0-2-0 MAC)
Buffalo Goals: Tommy Fogarty-Cameron (1), Scott Doney (1)
Buffalo Assists: Russell Cicerone (8), Braden Culver (1)
West Virginia Goals: Jack Elliott (1)
West Virginia Assists: Joey Piatczyc (4)
Location: Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium – Morgantown, WV

Starting Lineups

Buffalo: Rikard Lindqvist, Daniel Cramarossa, Nick Forrester, David Enstrom, Tommy Fogarty-Cameron, Russell Cicerone, Austin Place, Steven Stryker, Braden Scales, Fox Slotemaker, Joseph Kuta
West Virginia: Jack Elliott, Jose Santos, Louis Thomas, Ryan Kellogg, Steven James, Felix Angerer, Jad Arslan, Logan Lucas, Joey Piatczyc, Griffin Libhart, Sebastian Garcia-Herreros

How It Happened

The Mountaineers opened the action in the 11^th minute of play as their first shot of the match ended up in the back of the UB net. Joey Piatczyc took the free kick into the box where Jack Elliott found the ball and scored from six yards out.
The Bulls responded quickly in the 14^th minute as Russell Cicerone crossed a great ball into the box where Tommy Fogarty-Cameron headed home his first career goal.
In the 25^th minute, Joseph Kuta made a huge stop from in tight as he robbed Sebastian Garcia-Herreros to keep the game tied, 1-1.
Joseph Kuta made another nice stop on the header attempt by Felix Angerer in the 31^st minute to prevent the WVU goal.
The Bulls were able to take the 2-1 lead in the 36^th minute as Braden Culver crossed a perfect ball over to Scott Doney who headed home his first of the season as he was left alone at the back post. The assist for Culver was his first of the season.
In the final minute of the opening half, Joseph Kuta made a nice diving stop on the header by Jack Elliott, preserving the Bulls 2-1 halftime lead.
The Mountaineers started the second half off quick as they almost knotted the game in the 50^th minute but Rushawn Larmond's blast went off the post and was cleared out by the UB defense.
After a big save by Joseph Kuta, the Bulls had three straight shots. Russell Cicerone and Fox Slotemaker saw shot attempts go wide before Cicerone ripped one on goal that was saved by the WVU keeper.
Buffalo had back-to-back chances in the 72^nd and 73^rd minutes as Steven Stryker saw his shot saved before Fox Slotemaker had a header that Jose Santos grabbed out of the air to keep the score 2-1 in favor of the Bulls.
Jose Santos had his best save of the match in the 78^th minute as he made a nice diving stop to his right on Braden Scales' shot after a nifty feed from Russell Cicerone.
In the 84^th minute, Russell Cicerone had a great chance from the right of the keeper but his hard left-footed shot was blocked out of bounds by the WVU keeper.
The Mountaineers had a golden opportunity to tie the match in the 85^th minute but Jack Elliott missed a wide open goal. Joseph Kuta came out to challenge for the loose ball but Elliott made a move to the outside and his right-footed shot missed the right corner of the wide open goal.
The Buffalo defense held on down the stretch to not allow any dangerous chances and they earned their first MAC win of the season.

Inside The Numbers

The win gives UB nine wins on the year, their most wins in a season since 2008 when they collected 12 victories.
With the win, Buffalo has now won two straight matches against the Mountaineers.
West Virginia held the slim 11-10 edge in shots while UB led the corner kicks battle 4-2.
Tommy Fogarty-Cameron netted his first career goal.
With his header goal, Scott Doney notched his first goal of the season. The game-winner was also the second of his career.
With his eighth assist of the season, Russell Cicerone now has 99^th career points for UB.
With his assist on Scott Doney's goal, Braden Culver notched his first assist of the season.
Junior Joseph Kuta finished off his ninth win with three saves while his counterpart Jose Santos finished with six in the losing effort.
Russell Cicerone led all players with five shots, including four on goal, in the win.
This marks just the third time this season that the West Virginia defense allowed more than one goal against in a match.

What They Are Saying

Head Coach Stu Riddle: "We've played eight of our last nine matches on the road which has been incredibly taxing for everyone involved. We were all disappointed with last week's showing and to get the performance and result we did tonight against a program of this magnitude is a testament to the character of this team."

Up Next

The Bulls return home for three straight matches at UB Stadium starting on Friday, October 21 as they welcome Western Michigan to Buffalo. Kick is set for 7:00 pm.