Men's Soccer vs. NYU - Athletics & Recreation

Men's Soccer
9/12/07

Stockton 2, NYU 2

A.J. Colubiale

Boxscore

Stockton remained undefeated (4-0-1) with a hard-fought 2-2 tie against 24^th-ranked NYU in a non-conference home game. A.J. Colubiale (Cape May/Lower Cape May) booted his second goal of the season and Rafael Duarte (Ocean City/Ocean City) scored a goal for the fifth consecutive game. Goalkeeper Matt Hart (Dayton/South Brunswick) finished with five saves, including an acrobatic one-handed deflection with just 17 seconds remaining in the first overtime that preserved the 2-2 tie.

NYU took an early 1-0 lead just 2:47 into the match, but the Ospreys tied the game at 27:45 when Colubiale headed home a cross by Eric Lewis (Dover, DE/Caesar Rodney). NYU scored again at 33:23 and led 2-1 at intermission. In the second half, Duarte knotted the game at 2-2 with his team-leading eighth goal in five games, assisted by Travis Albert (Voorhees/Eastern) at 50:11. Stockton and NYU exchanged scoring chances throughout the rest of regulation and the two overtimes, but the match ended in a 2-2 tie.