HOBOKEN, N.J. (October 9, 2012) – The No. 15 Stevens Institute of Technology men's soccer program will host its annual Duck Country event on Wednesday night when the team hosts longtime rival United States Merchant Marine Academy at 7:30 p.m. on the DeBaun Athletic Complex. Stevens Leased Housing will be coordinating a pregame tailgate (4-7 p.m.) with free food from numerous Hoboken Eateries near the Athletic Wall of Honor at the North entrance of DeBaun.
 
Stevens Leased Housing will be providing 100 Quesadillas from Qdoba, one Giovanni's Pizza and two pizzas from Benny Tudino's. An ice cream truck will come with Ben & Jerry's samples. There will also be mini-games such as cornhole, radar gun throw, a blocks/beanbag game, can smash and horseshoes. Prizes from Stevens Athletics will be given out for winning these events, and raffle tickets will be earned by all participants. These raffle tickets will go toward a drawing at half time of the soccer game where a larger prize will be given out.

The afternoon will also feature a "Best Soccer Sign" contest and the winning sign will be announced at 5:30pm. All are eligible for this prize, which will be a gift card to a restaurant on Washington Street. Benny Tudino's, Giovanni's, Qdoba, Ben & Jerry's, Mr. Wraps, Lisa's, D'Soul Full Café and Margherita's Pizza are sponsoring the event.

The tailgate will coincide with the Stevens field hockey game taking place at the DeBaun Athletic Complex at 5 p.m. against William Paterson University.

The Stevens men's soccer team is 10-2, riding an eight-game winning streak and sits alone atop the Empire 8 standings with a 4-0 league record. The Ducks are in looking to win their ninth-consecutive conference title in 2012. Senior Victor Daza (North Plainfield, N.J.) leads the Ducks this season in points (23), goals (8), assists (7), game-winning goals (2), shots (38) and shots on goal (22).

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