Courtesy of Buffalo’s Sports Information Department
Buffalo 1, Northern Illinois 0
Box Score
BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo men's soccer team (10-3-2, 2-1-1 MAC) stayed perfect at UB Stadium on Friday night as they handed the Northern Illinois Huskies a 1-0 defeat. With the win, the Bulls have now notched 10 wins on the season, marking the first time they have won 10 in a season since 2008 when they earned 12 wins.
The Basics
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Score: Buffalo 1, Northern Illinois 0
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Records: Buffalo (10-3-2, 2-1-1 MAC), Northern Illinois (1-10-4, 0-3-1 MAC)
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Buffalo Goal: Tommy Fogarty-Cameron (2)
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Buffalo Assist: Fox Slotemaker (1),
Daniel Cramarossa (2)
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Location: UB Stadium – Buffalo, NY
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Crowd: 296
Starting Lineups
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Buffalo: Joseph Kuta,
Austin Place,
Fox Slotemaker,
David Enstrom,
Alec Fisher,
Nick Forrester,
Daniel Cramarossa,
Tommy Fogarty-Cameron,
Rikard Lindqvist,
Russell Cicerone,
Braden Scales
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Northern Illinois: Drew Donnally, Jerome Roche, Richard Hall, Giovanni Garcia, Christian Molina, Giovanni Pacheco, Nixon Urrutia, Adam Lightner, Luke Read, Cody Witkowski, Ethan Pitre
How It Happened
•After
Russell Cicerone was knocked down in the NIU box and wasn't awarded a penalty kick, the Huskies countered with the first shot of the match in the second minute as Christian Molina ripped a long distance shot that
Joseph Kuta made a nice stop on.
•After a couple chances on corner kicks, the Bulls finally broke through with their first goal on the third straight corner.
Daniel Cramarossa sent a great corner into the box where
Fox Slotemaker headed the ball to
Tommy Fogarty-Cameron who buried his second goal of the season in the 17
th minute.
•In the 22
nd minute,
Braden Scales had a great chance to make it 2-0 but the NIU keeper made a great diving stop to his right, poking the ball out of bounds.
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Rikard Lindqvist had a golden opportunity to score in the 40
th minute but his running shot went just left of the net after
Russell Cicerone gave Lindqvist a great feed.
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Russell Cicerone had the first chance of the second half as he dribbled into the box and ripped a left-footed shot that just missed the left corner of the net.
•Buffalo almost made it 2-0 in the 68
th minute as
Russell Cicerone fed
Tommy Fogarty-Cameron who just missed the top corner of the net.
•The Bulls had their best chance to put the match away in the 74
th minute as
Russell Cicerone made a great run and fed a streaking
Steven Stryker who had a partial breakaway but his hard right-footed shot was turned away by the challenging keeper.
•Northern Illinois had a dangerous chance in the 76
th minute but Christian Molina saw his header go just wide of the left corner after a nice cross into the box.
•The Huskies last chance for the equalizer came in the 84
th minute as Max Voss ripped a shot from 20 yards out that went sailing over the UB goal.
•The Buffalo defense did a great job down the stretch to notch their eighth clean sheet of the season.
Inside The Numbers
•With the win, Buffalo has recorded 10 wins in a season for the first time since 2008 when they won 12 matches.
•The Bulls improved to 5-0-1 at home this season and 15-3-3 at home over their last three seasons.
•Buffalo held the dominant 20-3 edge in shots and the 7-3 edge in corner kicks in the win.
•With the one-save clean sheet,
Joseph Kuta has now notched eight clean sheets on the season, tied for third in program history for shutouts in a season by a goalkeeper.
•The Buffalo defense has recorded eight clean sheets on the season, most in a season since 2008.
•The game-winning goal for
Tommy Fogarty-Cameron was the first of his UB career.
•The assist for
Fox Slotemaker was his first of the season and second of his UB career.
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Tommy Fogarty-Cameron led the Bulls with a career-high six shots while
Russell Cicerone finished with five in the win.
•Christian Molina led all NIU players with two shots in the loss.
Up Next
The Bulls will return home on Sunday at 11:00 am as they welcome Oral Roberts for a non-conference match. Sunday's match at UB Stadium will also be Senior Day for eight UB players.
