Men's Soccer Collects Third Straight Cleansheet; Bulls Defeat Stony Brook, 3-0

Friday, September 2

10 am

3-0-0 (0-0-0MAC)

Stony Brook

1-2-0 (0-0-0AE)

Stony Brook

Buffalo

Men's Soccer Collects Third Straight Cleansheet; Bulls Defeat Stony Brook, 3-0

9/2/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

BUFFALO, NY – Behind a season-high nine saves by junior goalkeeper Joseph Kuta, the University at Buffalo men's soccer team (3-0-0, 0-0-0 MAC) earned their third straight cleansheet on Friday morning as they downed the Stony Brook Seawolves 3-0. This marks the first time since 1981 since the Bulls have opened up the season with three straight shutouts and it is their best start to a season since 2005.

The Basics

Score: Buffalo 3, Stony Brook 0
UB Goal Scorers: Russell Cicerone (6), Braden Scales (2), Rikard Lindqvist (2)
UB Assist: Russell Cicerone 2 (4), Ryan Pereira (1), Steven Stryker (3)
Records: Buffalo (3-0-0, 0-0-0 MAC), Stony Brook (1-2-0, 0-0-0 America East)
Location: UB Stadium – Buffalo, NY
Crowd: 232

Starting Lineups

Buffalo: Alec Fisher, Daniel Cramarossa, Fox Slotemaker, David Enstrom, Tommy Fogarty-Cameron, Russell Cicerone, Austin Place, Rikard Lindqvist, Braden Culver, Braden Scales, Joseph Kuta
Stony Brook: Lars Togstad, Danny Espinoza, Thibault Duval, Vince Erdei, Martieon Watson, Serge Gamwanya, Jarred Dass, Eduardo Valle, Barnabas Mako, Tavares Thompson, Tom McMahon

How It Happened

The Seawolves were able to register the first shot of the match in the third minute as they sent a great cross into the box where Eduardo Valle's header just missed the upper corner of the net and out of play.
In the seventh minute, Daniel Cramarossa whipped in a corner kick that Fox Slotemaker header just wide of the left corner of the net and out of play.
In the 19^th minute, Tommy Fogarty-Cameron gives Braden Scales a great feed but his hard right-footed shot from 18-yards out just missed the right corner.
The Seawolves had a pair of good chances in the 24^th minute as Jarred Dass took a hard shot that was saved by a diving Joseph Kuta to the right corner. 20 seconds later, Eduardo Valle took a cross from Jarred Dass and ripped a shot on frame that Joseph Kuta swallowed up.
Senior Alec Fisher came up with a huge block in the 36^th minute as Thibault Duval had a open shot on goal from the left side but Fisher came in and blocked the ball out of danger.
The Bulls struck for the first goal of the match in the 40^th minute as Ryan Pereira fed Russell Cicerone who sent a great long ball into a streaking Rikard Lindqvist who buried his second career goal into the left corner of the net.
Rikard Lindqvist had the first shot of the second half in the 50^th minute as he ripped a shot from the left side of the net but the Stony Brook keeper scooped up his shot, keeping the score 1-0 in favor of UB.
The Bulls made the score 2-0 in the 57^th minute of play as Russell Cicerone was dragged down in the box to give the Bulls a penalty kick. On the ensuing kick, the nation's leading scorer Russell Cicerone buried the ball into the lower left corner for his sixth on the year.
Stony Brook had a good chance in the 67^th minute as Danny Espinoza's right-footed boot just sailed over the cross bar.
A minute later, Martieon Watson ripped a shot that Joseph Kuta made a diving stop on, keeping the score 2-0 in favor of the Bulls.
Joseph Kuta made a brilliant diving stop to his right in the 73^rd minute on a hard blast from Steven Ghitis, preserving the cleansheet.
Joseph Kuta made the two biggest saves of the match in 79^th minute as he made a diving stop on Lars Togstad's blast then backed that up with another quick save on Mark Irvine from in tight.
The Bulls put the game away in the 82^nd minute as Steven Stryker fed Russell Cicerone who sent a great pass to Braden Scales who bent in a quick right-footed shot into the left corner of the net for his second of the season.

Inside The Numbers

With the win, the Bulls improve to 8-3-1 all-time against Stony Brook. The Bulls are also 3-0 for the first time since 2005 when they started the season 8-0.
The Bulls started the season with three straight shutouts for the first time since 1981.
Junior goalkeeper Joseph Kuta made nine saves in his sixth career shutout. Kuta now holds a 270 minute shutout streak to start the season.
With his penalty kick goal, Russell Cicerone now leads the nation in goals (6) and points (16) through three matches. Cicerone also has 34 career markers, ranking second all-time in UB history.
With his two assists today, Russell Cicerone is now tied for second place on the Bulls all-time assists list with 17 career helpers.
Junior Tommy Fogarty-Cameron made his first career start in the midfield for Buffalo in the victory.

For The Foes

The Seawolves outshot the Bulls 20-9 for the match, including nine shots on goal.
Stony Brook held the 7-2 edge in corner kicks for the match.
Serge Gamwanya led Stony Brook with four shots in the loss.
Tom McMahon finished off his match with two saves and three goals allowed.

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