Bulls Earn #3 Seed In MAC Tournament With Scoreless Draw At Bowling Green

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Bulls Earn #3 Seed In MAC Tournament With Scoreless Draw At Bowling Green

11/5/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

BOWLING GREEN, OH – The University at Buffalo men's soccer team (11-3-3, 2-1-2 MAC) battled to a scoreless draw on Saturday night on the road at Bowling Green in the regular season finale for both teams. With the draw, the Bulls earned the #3 seed in next weekend's MAC Tournament and Buffalo will play the Bowling Green Falcons for the second straight match.

The Basics

Score: Buffalo 0, Bowling Green 0 (2OT)
Records: Buffalo (11-3-3, 2-1-2 MAC), Bowling Green (9-5-4, 2-0-3 MAC)
Location: Cochrane Field – Bowling Green, OH
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Starting Lineups

Buffalo: Joseph Kuta, Austin Place, Fox Slotemaker, David Enstrom, Alec Fisher, Nick Forrester, Daniel Cramarossa, Tommy Fogarty-Cameron, Rikard Lindqvist, Russell Cicerone, Braden Scales
Bowling Green: Pat Flynn, Bismark Agyeman, Dominic Grida, Moe Mustafa, Chris Brennan, Tate Robertson, Alexis Souahy, Brad Macomber, Jacob Roth, Joe Sullivan, Anthony Mwembia

How It Happened

The Falcons had the best chance of the early going as Moe Mustafa hit the post with his header attempt in the third minute.
After a Bowling Green offsides, Russell Cicerone had the Bulls first shot but his blast was saved by the Falcons keeper.
Three minutes later, Russell Cicerone had another shot that was stopped by Anthony Mwembia.
In the 15^th minute, Joseph Kuta made his first nice save of the match as he stopped the shot by Chris Brennan.
Joseph Kuta made a pair of big saves in the 25^th minute as he robbed Pat Flynn and Joe Sullivan.
The Falcons had two more chances to score in the 37^th minute but Joseph Kuta made a pair of great saves to help the Bulls go to half tied, 0-0.
Russell Cicerone had the first chance of the second half in the 55^th minute but his shot went high of the cage.
In the 64^th minute, Russell Cicerone ripped a shot that was stopped by Anthony Mwembia, keeping the game scoreless.
The Buffalo finally allowed their first shot of the half in the 80^th minute as Keaton Reynolds saw his shot go high.
Joseph Kuta made a pair of great saves within the last five minutes of regulation as he robbed Chris Brennan and Joe Sullivan.
Daniel Cramarossa almost ended the game in the 89^th minute but his hard shot hit the cross bar and was cleared out by the Falcons defense, forcing overtime.
Two minutes into overtime, Braden Scales had a great chance but his shot was saved by the Bowling Green keeper.
In the 96^th minute, Pat Flynn drilled the post and the Buffalo defense cleared the ball away.
Robert Miller had the first shot of the second overtime in the 104^th minute but his shot went wide right.
The Falcons almost ended the match in the 107^th minute but Chris Brennan's shot rang off the post.
In the 108^th minute, Ryan Pereira saw his hard shot blocked by the Bowling Green defender.
The Falcons had the final shot of the match in the 109^th minute but Jacob Roth's header went wide as the two teams played to a draw.

Inside The Numbers

With the draw, the Bulls qualified for their second straight MAC Tournament and will be the #3 seed.
With the nine-save clean sheet, Joseph Kuta has now tied a program record for shutouts in a seasons with his 10^th clean sheet. Kuta tied Bobby Shuttleworth's program record.
The Falcons held the 10-4 advantage in shots in the first half and the 12-7 edge in the second half in the draw. Bowling Green held the 8-2 edge in corner kicks for the match.
Russell Cicerone led the Bulls with four shots while Daniel Cramarossa notched two shots in the draw.

What They Are Saying

Head Coach Stu Riddle: "It was a tight nervy game and definitely had a feeling of a MAC semifinal match. We were resolute defensively and the back line were good vaue for their 10th clean sheet of the year. Going forward we need to be a lot beter if we are going to get what we want out of next weekend."

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