2008 Woodie Awards
A Homecoming Disaster for Men's Soccer
Red Hawks Remain Winless in Their Last Three Contests
Jose Ortiz
Issue date: 10/21/04 Section: Sports
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Rowan Sophomore forward Dwayne Reevey beat the Red Hawks down the slippery Pittser Field twice in the second half, resulting in two breakaway goals. The Red Hawks were never quite able to catch Rowan on Saturday and were shutout for the first time this year.
Right from the first dribble the Prof's took the offensive, and made the Red Hawks play in front of their game for a large chunk of the opening 45 minutes. The Red Hawks were outshot 12 - 2 in the first half, and failed to score on four corner kick opportunities.
Rowan took a 1 - 0 lead into halftime after sophomore Prof Robert McMullen fielded one of three assists from sophomore midfielder Soung Foon Choa, and scored from the left side.
In the second half however, Rowan continued to apply offensive pressure, and played picture perfect defense.
When play began in the second half, it seemed that the Red Hawks were being beat to every bounce, header, or loose ball.
MSU was never able to get much offense going: they attempted nine shots but only three required a save. To put it plainly, Prof sophomore goalkeeper, Anthony Clemente, earned his fourth shutout, and he barely had to move all game. The Red Hawks didn't force him into one save opportunity for the entire first half.
"I think we came to this game playing really hard," said Brian Deutch, junior Prof forward. "Fifty - fifty balls were a big difference in the outcome of the game."
"There's not much to say," said head coach Brian Sentowski. "You saw what I saw, a lack of effort, lack of passion, lack of everything. We just didn't show up; it was a total embarrassment."
The Red Hawk defense did all they could to stop the second best offensive team in the New Jersey Athletic Conference. But anytime MSU had a chance to score, either a bad pass, bad shot, or great Rowan defense stopped the Red Hawk opportunity.
After awhile, Rowan was able to find the holes, and kept the Red Hawks winless in their last three games.
"The only thing we can do is take a few days off," said Sentowski. "We have to sort some things out, figure out some things, and hopefully we'll come out fresh next week."
Last season, MSU beat Rowan, and then lost to them in the conference playoffs. So, anything can happen once the tournament starts.
The loss dropped the Red Hawks to fifth place in the NJAC, and at 10 - 3 - 2 will wait till Saturday where they will play another crucial conference game against 12 - 0 - 4, Rutgers-Camden.
Right from the first dribble the Prof's took the offensive, and made the Red Hawks play in front of their game for a large chunk of the opening 45 minutes. The Red Hawks were outshot 12 - 2 in the first half, and failed to score on four corner kick opportunities.
Rowan took a 1 - 0 lead into halftime after sophomore Prof Robert McMullen fielded one of three assists from sophomore midfielder Soung Foon Choa, and scored from the left side.
In the second half however, Rowan continued to apply offensive pressure, and played picture perfect defense.
When play began in the second half, it seemed that the Red Hawks were being beat to every bounce, header, or loose ball.
MSU was never able to get much offense going: they attempted nine shots but only three required a save. To put it plainly, Prof sophomore goalkeeper, Anthony Clemente, earned his fourth shutout, and he barely had to move all game. The Red Hawks didn't force him into one save opportunity for the entire first half.
"I think we came to this game playing really hard," said Brian Deutch, junior Prof forward. "Fifty - fifty balls were a big difference in the outcome of the game."
"There's not much to say," said head coach Brian Sentowski. "You saw what I saw, a lack of effort, lack of passion, lack of everything. We just didn't show up; it was a total embarrassment."
The Red Hawk defense did all they could to stop the second best offensive team in the New Jersey Athletic Conference. But anytime MSU had a chance to score, either a bad pass, bad shot, or great Rowan defense stopped the Red Hawk opportunity.
After awhile, Rowan was able to find the holes, and kept the Red Hawks winless in their last three games.
"The only thing we can do is take a few days off," said Sentowski. "We have to sort some things out, figure out some things, and hopefully we'll come out fresh next week."
Last season, MSU beat Rowan, and then lost to them in the conference playoffs. So, anything can happen once the tournament starts.
The loss dropped the Red Hawks to fifth place in the NJAC, and at 10 - 3 - 2 will wait till Saturday where they will play another crucial conference game against 12 - 0 - 4, Rutgers-Camden.