Score: #1 UAlbany 0, #4 NJIT 1
Location: Tom and Mary Casey Stadium | Albany, N.Y.
Records: UAlbany (10-5-1, 5-2-0 America East) | NJIT (10-5-4, 4-1-2 America East)
Short Story: The UAlbany men's soccer team got shut out in a 1-0 loss against NJIT in the America East semifinals round Wednesday night.
Key Stats:
How it Happened:
- Luan Lazoja of NJIT took the first shot of the match in the 11', but missed left.
- The Highlanders took a pair of shots in the 24', but the Great Dane defense kept them off the board to keep it at 0-0.
- Two minutes later NJIT broke the tie when Junee Lee scored to make it 1-0.
- Rodrigo Hermelo took UAlbany's first two shots of the match in the 28' and 29' but both shots were stopped by the Highlanders defense.
- The Great Danes fired off three more shots over the remainder of the half but were unable to score, keeping the score at 1-0 heading into the break.
- Hermelo recorded UAlbany's first shot of the second half in the 48' but missed high.
- Following 25 minutes without either team tallying a shot, Yuta Kimata ended the drought with a shot in the 74' that was blocked.
- Goalkeeper Alexander Genz made his second save of the match in the '83.
- The Great Danes were unable to score for the remainder of the match, and NJIT walked away with a 1-0 win.
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