Men's Soccer Improves To 4-0 On The Season With 1-0 Blanking Of Incarnate Word

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Men's Soccer Improves To 4-0 On The Season With 1-0 Blanking Of Incarnate Word

9/4/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo men's soccer team (4-0-0, 0-0-0 MAC) broke a 25-year program record for consecutive shutouts to start a season on Sunday afternoon as they downed the Incarnate Word Cardinals 1-0. The Bulls have now recorded a program-best four straight shutouts to start the season.

The Basics

Score: Buffalo 1, Incarnate Word 0
UB Goal Scorer: Russell Cicerone (7)
Records: Buffalo (4-0-0, 0-0-0 MAC), Incarnate Word (0-4-0, 0-0-0 )
Location: UB Stadium – Buffalo, NY
Crowd: 192

Starting Lineups

Buffalo: Alec Fisher, Daniel Cramarossa, Fox Slotemaker, David Enstrom, Tommy Fogarty-Cameron, Russell Cicerone, Austin Place, Rikard Lindqvist, Nick Forrester, Braden Scales, Joseph Kuta
Incarnate Word: Thomas Bibby, Ronan Fournier, Wouter Peters, William Redmann, Fernando Laverde, Benjamin Conway, Miguel Ojeda, Roman Cano, Daniel Nevarez, Tristan Brouwer, Jorge Guzman

How It Happened

Two minutes into the match, Tommy Fogarty-Cameron forced the keeper to give the ball away right to Russell Cicerone's feet, the senior's shot just missed the left corner of the wide open goal.
In the 5^th minute, Tommy Fogarty-Cameron just missed the left corner of the net after Rikard Lindqvist sent a great ball into the box on the free kick.
Rikard Lindqvist had a great chance to get the first of the game in the eighth minute but his left-footed shot just missed the top of the goal, going over the cage.
Incarnate Word got their first shot of the match in the 12^th minute of play as Daniel Nevarez's blast went soaring over the cross bar and out of play.
The Cardinals had a free kick opportunity from just outside the box in the 38^th minute but Fernando Laverde's shot went just over the cross bar, keeping the game scoreless.
Incarnate Word had a great chance in the 40^th minute but Darius Feldman's shot just missed the right corner.
The Bulls had a great chance to score the first goal of the game in the 48^th minute but Tommy Fogarty-Cameron's header off the perfect corner from Daniel Cramarossa went just over the cross bar.
The Bulls finally broke through with their first goal of the match in the 59^th minute as Rikard Lindqvist was dragged down in the box giving the Bulls a penalty kick. On the ensuing penalty kick, Russell Cicerone netted his nation leading seventh goal of the season as he beat the keeper to the right corner.
In the 62^nd minute, Incarnate Word had their first shot on goal of the match as Miguel Ojeda ripped a shot from distance that Joseph Kuta scooped up.
Incarnate Word had a chance in the 69^th minute but Thomas Bibby's long shot was swallowed up by a diving Joseph Kuta.
Buffalo had the final dangerous chance of the match in the 85^th minute of play as Russell Cicerone took a blast from close range that hit the cross bar and went out of play.

Inside The Numbers

With the win, the Bulls improve to 4-0 for the first time since 2005 when they started the season 8-0.
This marks the first time in program history that the Bulls have started the season with four straight cleansheets. Junior goalkeeper Joseph Kuta made two saves in goal and now owns a 360 minute shutout streak, the longest of his career.
Goalkeeper Joseph Kuta now has a career-high four cleansheets on the season.
With his goal, Russell Cicerone now leads the nation in goals (7) and points (18). Cicerone has now recorded at least one point in each of the Bulls' four games this season.
Buffalo held the slim 13-10 edge in shots for the match and the 7-3 edge in corner kicks.

For The Foes

The Cardinals were led offensively by Daniel Nevarez who had three shots in the match.
In goal, Jorge Guzman made one save while allowing the game-winner on a penalty kick.

Up Next

The Bulls will hit the road on Friday, September 9 as they travel to take on VMI at 7:00 pm. They will stay on the road Sunday as they head to Liberty for a 1:00 pm clash.