Box Score

HOBOKEN, N.J. (October 22, 2013) – The fifth-ranked Stevens Institute of Technology men's soccer team defeated Rutgers-Newark, 2-1, Tuesday night at the De Baun Athletic Complex. The Ducks have now won their last seven matches and are 12-1-1 on the season. Rutgers-Newark falls to 13-4-1 in the loss.

Similar to several early-season matches, Rutgers-Newark came out strong, forcing the action deep in the Stevens zone. That was short lived and save for a couple of shots, the Scarlet Raiders did not generate any strong scoring chances, and the Ducks responded.

Stevens got its footing, and quickly began to change the feel of the game, possessing the ball for long spurts and forcing the action.

Senior back Leonardo Casas (Kearny, N.J.) made a play to get the Ducks on the board at 24:06. Holding possession in the Stevens zone about 15-yards shy of midfield, Casas spotted sophomore forward Carson Pryor (St. Louis, Mo.) making a run and lofted a long pass down the left side. Pryor chased the ball down near the end line, beating Rutgers-Newark goalie Matt Broomall (Somers Point, N.J.) to it, controlling and then tucking a shot inside the right post for the score from an extremely challenging angle.

Casas and Pryor nearly hooked up again, with a Pryor blast missing just wide, and the two teams went into the intermission with the scoreboard showing 1-0 Stevens.

Rutgers-Newark had several strong runs at the Ducks' goal in the early moments of the second half and even generated several corners, but the Scarlet Raiders were unable to put much of anything on net, and the Ducks quickly countered, getting a pretty goal from junior midfielder Quinn Conner (Exeter, N.H.) and sophomore forward Colin Phillips (Mechanicsburg, Pa.). On the play, Conner took a pass from sophomore back Harrison Kane (Tulsa, Okla.) and dribbled to the right end line before lofting a pretty cross that Phillips was somehow able to get into the goal for a 2-0 lead. The Conner cross came down inches from the right post, and Phillips snuck his bid under the crossbar and inside the left post for his seventh goal of the season.

Despite the two-goal margin, Stevens continued to press, nearly getting a third goal on the back of a Conner cross and a header from senior midfielder Edward Rupp (Sayville, N.Y.), but Broomall was able to make a diving save.

Stevens saw its scoreless streak nearly come to an end with 15 minutes left in regulation when a shot from Raphael Araujo (North Plainfield, N.J.) hit the far post. The streak did end with 6:24 left in regulation, when senior midfielder Brian Barrera (Elizabeth, N.J.) one-timed a cross inside the left post for a tally that sliced the Stevens lead in half.

From a goal late in the first half of an October 2 win at Wilkes University until the Barrera marker in this match, Stevens had held the opposition scoreless for 505:26 of game time.

Senior goalkeeper Paul Killian (Ellicott City, Md.) made two saves and earned his 12th win of the season for the Ducks. Killian and the vaunted Stevens defense has only allowed six goals against the entire season, while the Ducks have scored 41 of their own which is good for a plus-35 scoring margin.

Stevens ended the match with a 12-9 edge in shots and a 6-5 margin in corners.

The Ducks will return to conference play Saturday afternoon with a 3 p.m. match in Hoboken against St. John Fisher College.