2008 Woodie Awards
Red Hawks Squeeze Past Raptors
Tiana Conner
Issue date: 10/28/04 Section: Sports
The last time Rutgers-Camden lost a game, it was Oct. 25, 2003. Just one year later on Oct. 23, 2004, the MSU men's soccer team gained a 3-2 victory in the NJAC conference game and snapped their three-game losing streak as the Scarlett Raptors earned their first defeat of the season.
The Raptors appeared to come off strong as the team made a quick escape towards MSU's goalkeeper. Multiple attacks from the previously undefeated team resulted in slightly missed goal post shots and served as key to what saved the Red Hawks from another defeat. More attacks and more corner kicks were the advantage over the Red Hawks team. The Raptors dominated the Red Hawks in number of attacks and corner kicks throughout the entire game.
However, the Red Hawks were the first to earn a goal when sophomore forward Illya Tasci, scored off an assist from sophmore defender Bill Anthens. Just some 15 seconds later, the Raptors' goal keep mistakingly tipped the ball into his own net and brought MSU lead to 2-0 halfway in the first period.
The Raptors' earned their chance to retaliate as junior forward Kevin Ridgeway managed to slide past MSU's defense and redirected a header by sophomore Ian Simmons, resulting in the first goal of the game for the team. Ten minutes later, the Raptor's managed to tie the game when junior midfielder Devin Burgin scored after a set up off of freshman forward Ryan Evans.
It appeared that the Red Hawks' energy was slowly starting to diminish but the team managed to keep the lead. The Raptors seemed to have easily flown past MSU's defense and gained many opportunities for attacks.
The team managed to rack up nine shots at the Red Hawks, while the Red Hawks' goal keep struggled with only three saves. The Red Hawks' attempted five attacks in the second half with all five saved by the Raptors speedy goalkeeper. Sophomore defender Todd Dumetly squeezed past Raptor's defense and earned the decisive goal for the team.
Besides the six saves compared to 17 Raptor shots fired at the goal keeper and majority of the game played on their territory, the Red Hawks managed to pull out on top and defeat the top team in the conference.
The day was also declared MSU senior day as defender Dan Wells and midfielder Andrew Macho were honored before the start of the game.
This marked the final game for the Red Hawks' regular season, as the team improved to an overall record of 11-3-2 and 4-1-2 in the NJAC.
The Raptors appeared to come off strong as the team made a quick escape towards MSU's goalkeeper. Multiple attacks from the previously undefeated team resulted in slightly missed goal post shots and served as key to what saved the Red Hawks from another defeat. More attacks and more corner kicks were the advantage over the Red Hawks team. The Raptors dominated the Red Hawks in number of attacks and corner kicks throughout the entire game.
However, the Red Hawks were the first to earn a goal when sophomore forward Illya Tasci, scored off an assist from sophmore defender Bill Anthens. Just some 15 seconds later, the Raptors' goal keep mistakingly tipped the ball into his own net and brought MSU lead to 2-0 halfway in the first period.
The Raptors' earned their chance to retaliate as junior forward Kevin Ridgeway managed to slide past MSU's defense and redirected a header by sophomore Ian Simmons, resulting in the first goal of the game for the team. Ten minutes later, the Raptor's managed to tie the game when junior midfielder Devin Burgin scored after a set up off of freshman forward Ryan Evans.
It appeared that the Red Hawks' energy was slowly starting to diminish but the team managed to keep the lead. The Raptors seemed to have easily flown past MSU's defense and gained many opportunities for attacks.
The team managed to rack up nine shots at the Red Hawks, while the Red Hawks' goal keep struggled with only three saves. The Red Hawks' attempted five attacks in the second half with all five saved by the Raptors speedy goalkeeper. Sophomore defender Todd Dumetly squeezed past Raptor's defense and earned the decisive goal for the team.
Besides the six saves compared to 17 Raptor shots fired at the goal keeper and majority of the game played on their territory, the Red Hawks managed to pull out on top and defeat the top team in the conference.
The day was also declared MSU senior day as defender Dan Wells and midfielder Andrew Macho were honored before the start of the game.
This marked the final game for the Red Hawks' regular season, as the team improved to an overall record of 11-3-2 and 4-1-2 in the NJAC.