NYU Wins UAA Opener, Improves to 9-0
The sixth-ranked New York University men's soccer team stayed
undefeated with a 3-1 victory over Case Western Reserve University
in its University Athletic Association (UAA) opener on Saturday,
September 29, in Cleveland, OH.
Kyle Green led the way with two goals, and Niki Chow netted the
game winner on a penalty kick just before halftime. With the win,
the Violets improved to 9-0 on the season – continuing the
best start in school history – and 1-0 in the UAA, while
dropping the Spartans to 3-6-1 and 0-1 in the UAA.
Highlights
- Green gave NYU an early lead just 7:21 in, chasing down a ball
in the box from Mickey Ingerman and tapping it over Case goalkeeper
Ryan Koepka and into the back of the net.
- The strike came just a minute after Paolo Luciano narrowly
missed a goal on a similar play. He tracked down a long ball and
lofted it over Koepka, but a Spartan defender knocked it off the
line at the last moment.
- Case knotted things up in the 34th minute, when Chris Cvecko
tapped a shot in after a 50/50 ball in front found him. The goal
was just the third scored against the Violets all season and
snapped their streak of consecutive shutout minutes at 501:17.
- It didn't take long for NYU to go back on top, however, as Green
was brought down in the box with just 1:48 left in the half. Chow
stepped up and buried the PK, his third penalty-kick goal of the
season.
- In a tightly-contested second half, Green put the game away in
the 78th minute. Ryan Horch played a fantastic ball into the box
from the left sideline, which Green headed in for his eighth tally
of the season.
"I thought we played very well," said Head Coach Joe Behan. "They
did send in a couple of dangerous balls but couldn't convert. Kyle
was outstanding today – he was the man of the match."
The #6 Violets return to action on Wednesday, October 3, for a
non-conference tilt at New Jersey City University. Game time is
scheduled for 3:30 pm.
