Men's Soccer Battles to 2-2 Tie at NJCU
Men's Soccer Battles to 2-2 Tie at NJCU
Jersey City, N.J. (9/23/09) - The Kean University men's soccer team used all 110 minutes in today's action and battled to a 2-2 tie with conference foe New Jersey City University Wednesday afternoon in New Jersey Athletic Conference action.
This is the fourth overtime and third double-overtime match already
this season for the Cougars who stand with a 4-3-2 overall record
and 0-1-1 mark in the conference.
The Gothic Knights (5-2-2, 0-1-1 NJAC) got things going early in the match as Walter Avans scored just under one and a half minutes into play. Kean tied things right up at 7:33 as freshman Guilherme Argollo (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) (pictured right) hit a short shot to the left from the box to put the match at 1-1. NJCU went ahead in the 24th minute as Lester Ombwayo gathered a loss ball in the box putting the score at 2-1. The Cougars scored what would be the match's last goal as junior Adam Bajek (Clifton, N.J.) took a pass from Dennis Correia (Elizabeth, N.J.) with under a minute to go in the first half for the final of 2-2.
Kean outshot the Gothic Knights, 19-14, while also holding a 6-4 edge in corner opportunities.
Junior keeper Alfredo Oquendo (North Plainfield, N.J.) made three stops in goal.
Kean returns home to face Rutgers-Camden on Saturday, September 26th at 1 p.m.