Box Score
Brooklyn, N.Y. / LIU Field – LIU Brooklyn jumped out to a 2-0 lead and the
Robert Morris University men's soccer team was unable to overcame the deficit in a 2-1 loss in Northeast Conference action Friday evening. The Colonials slip to 6-5-2 overall and 1-2-0 in league games with the loss. The Blackbirds move to 4-7-1 and 1-1 in the NEC.
Trailing 2-0, junior
Devon Williams (Kingston, Jamaica / St. Georges) scored his first goal of the season in the 61
st minute. Sophomore
Bruce Cullen (Pickering, Ontario / Pine Ridge) and senior
Luca Campos (Monaca, Pa. / Center) earned the assists.
Robert Morris would continue to push for the equalizer of the final 30 minutes but would not again solve Logan Keys who finished with four saves.
Nathan Stewart's 44
th minute goal gave the Blackbirds the lead and Brice Merwin's 56
th minute score proved to be the gamewinner.
Freshman
Joseph Kuta (Mississauga, Ontario / St. Joan of Arc) had two saves for RMU.
The Colonials finish their Brooklyn swing against St. Francis Brooklyn in a 1:00 p.m. game at Brooklyn Bridge Park Sunday, Oct. 20.
