Men's Soccer Opens Season with Tie at Emmanuel

BOSTON, Mass. – The Wentworth Institute of Technology men's soccer team opened the season with a 0-0 tie at Emmanuel.

RECORDS:
WIT:     0-0-1
EC:        0-0-1

SCORING:

• (No Scoring)

SHOTS (ON GOAL):
WIT:     9 (4); EC:          10 (4)

GOALIE SAVES:

WIT:     Louis Quintero, 4
EC:        Vincent Conelli, 4

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Emmanuel had a chance in the 11th minute when sophomore Joey Soucy (Attleboro, Mass.) headed home what appeared to be the first marker of the season before it was whistled back for offsides inside the Leopard's six-yard box.
• Later in the half, Wentworth had a chance when Wentworth had a good look off a direct kick from 30 yards out taken by senior Paolo Ruggeri (Canton, Mass.) that went towards top left-hand corner of the goal before Saints keeper Vincent Conelli (West Hartford, Conn.) denied the attempt to preserve a 0-0 score heading into halftime.
• Playing a man down over the final 13 minutes, the Leopards nearly went ahead as seniors Erik Treble (Massapequa Park, N.Y.) and Augustin Edwin, Jr. (New Bedford, Mass.) had back-to-back headers that hit the crossbar.
• Emmanuel had a pair of chances late, but were also unable to convert, ending the game in a 0-0 tie.
• Senior Louis Quintero (Boston, Mass.) made four saves for the Leopards.

THE SERIES:

• Today marked the eighth all-time meeting between the two teams. Emmanuel leads, 4-2-2. Three of the eight meetings have gone into overtime, including the last two.

NEXT UP:

• Wentworth hosts Coast Guard on Saturday at Noon.

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