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Duke Men's Soccer Battles Rutgers To A Tie
DURHAM, N.C. -- The Duke men's soccer team, ranked No. 14 in the
country, gave up a goal in the final two minutes of regulation to
Rutgers as the Scarlet Knights held on for the 2-2 tie. In the first
contest of the 1999 Duke adidas Soccer Classic, No. 18 Connecticut
secured a 3-0 win over N.C. State. Duke's record moves to 2-0-1, while
Rutgers stands at 1-0-2. Connecticut improves to 2-1, and N.C. State
falls to 1-1-1.
Rutgers opened up the scoring midway through the second half as Mike Walsh found the nets at 52:30. That goal sparked the Duke attack with sophomore Scott Noble tying the contest on a score at 65:45, assisted by freshman Trevor Perea and senior Troy Garner. Less than a minute later at 66:38, freshman Donald McIntosh found the right corner of the goal for Duke, assisted by sophomore Scott Noble and freshman Robert Antoniou, to give the Blue Devils a 2-1 lead. But the Blue Devils failed to close it out as Rutgers' Brian Piesner once again knotted the match with a goal at 88:12. A pair of sudden-death overtimes made no difference as the game ended with a 2-2 score.
Connecticut's Edwin Rivera proved to be the hero in the first game, scoring all three goals for the Huskies. Rivera's first score came at the 39:15 mark of the match, assisted by Luis Arauz and Darin Lewis. Rivera added a second goal a little over a minute later at 40:46 with assists credited to Lewis and Brent Rahim. The final goal from Rivera put the match out of reach for N.C. State at 71:32, assisted by Donny Mark.
The Duke adidas Soccer Classic continues on Saturday with a pair of matches. At 5:00 p.m., N.C. State will take on Rutgers. The 7:00 p.m. contest features Duke and Connecticut. All of the action is taking place at Duke's Koskinen Stadium.
1 2 OT FINAL
DUKE 0 2 0 2
RUTGERS 0 2 0 2
Rutgers - Mike Walsh, 52:30; Duke - Scott Noble (Trevor Perea, Troy
Garner), 65:45; Duke - Donald McIntosh (Scott Noble, Robert Antoniou),
66:38; Rutgers - Brian Piesner, 88:12.
SHOTS CORNER KICKS
Duke - 18 Duke - 11
Rutgers - 9 Rutgers - 7
FOULS SAVES
Duke - 13 Duke - 5 (Jeff Haywood)
Rutgers - 16 Rutgers - 7 (Jon Conway)
1 2 OT FINAL
N.C. STATE 0 0 -- 0
CONNECTICUT 2 1 -- 3
Connecticut - Edwin Rivera (Luis Arauz, Darin Lewis), 39:15; Connecticut
- Edwin Rivera (Darin Lewis, Brent Rahim), 40:46; Connecticut - Edwin
Rivera (Donny Mark), 71:32.
SHOTS CORNER KICKS
N.C. State - 4 N.C. State - 4
Connecticut - 19 Connecticut - 6
FOULS SAVES
N.C. State - 14 N.C. State - 6 (Mitchell Watson)
Connecticut - 9 Connecticut - 4 (Matt Chavlovich 3, Bryheem Hancock 1)
