Box Score HENNIKER, N.H. The New England College men's soccer team pushed their winning streak to four games, following a 4-0 win against Rivier University in non-conference action Sunday afternoon.
SCORING1
stHalf 33:52 | NEC
Kyle Clements (
Badran Saeed)
2
nd Half 52:52 | NEC
Tucker Stenger (
Wiskens Flavil)
2
nd Half 75:12 | NEC
Alex Rust (
Kyle Clements)
2
nd Half 89:20 | NEC
Patrick Kalob (
Anthony Nardi and
Eli Leonard)
HOW IT HAPPENEDRivier University started fast, as their leading goal-scorer, Kelvin Cortez fired the first shot of the game on goal, just 18 seconds in. The Raiders continued to pressure New England College as they were awarded a corner kick in the fifth minute, which resulted in a shot wide of the net. NEC flipped the script moments later, as New England College fired five shots and had three corners over the next few minutes. The Pilgrims got on the board in the 34
th minute, as
Badran Saeed was able to slip the ball past the Raiders defense and found a wide-open
Kyle Clements in the box to make it 1-0 NEC.
New England College doubled their lead less than 10 minutes into the second half, as
Wiskens Flavil crossed the ball into the box, and found the head of
Tucker Stenger, who buried the cross in, making it 2-0. In the 76
th minute, NEC continued to pull away, as Clements' through-ball found
Alex Rust behind the Raiders defense, and made it 3-0 Pilgrims. New England College tacked on one final goal with 40 seconds left in regulation, as
Patrick Kalob scored his first career goal.
GOALTENDERSRobbie Ferguson picks up the win after recording two saves in 84 minutes of action, while his counterpart Collin Deyarmin picked up seven stops on the day.
WHAT'S NEXTNew England College hits the road on Wednesday, September 25
th as they take on the Beavers of Babson College at 3:30 p.m.