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Brandeis Finishes Regular Season Strong With 3-0 Win Over NYU

Brandeis Finishes Regular Season Strong With 3-0 Win Over NYU
Posted: Nov 07, 2015

From Brandeis University Athletics

The Brandeis University men's soccer team finished its 2015 regular season on a high note, defeating rival New York University, 3-0, in a University Athletic Association (UAA) contest on Gordon Field. It was the final regular-season match for the Judges, who will find out their playoff seeding Monday at 1:30 on NCAA.com.

HOW THE GOALS HAPPENED

  • In the 35th minute, freshman Joshua Handler (Oakdale, Conn./Montville) dribbled around his defender and sent a cross from near the right corner into the box. Junior Evan Jastremski(Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield), waiting near the left post, deposited the ball into the net for the second goal of the year.

  • In the 81st minute, junior Zach Vieira (Andover, Mass./Brooks School) scored off a volley from a blocked shot by sophomore Brandon Miskin (Needham, Mass/Worcester Acad.) in the box to give the Judges breathing room. It was Vieira's fourth goal of the season.

  • The Judges further put the game away in the 86th minute when junior Josh Ocel (North Attleboro, Mass./Worcester Acad.) fired a shot from near the top of the box past the outstretched arms of the keeper, off a pass from midfield from classmate Josh Berg (Weymouth, Mass./Weymouth).

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

  • The Judges outshot NYU, 24-6 overall and 10-1 in shots on goal.

  • Jastremski scored his second game-winner of the year, both in UAA contest. His first one came against the University of Chicago Oct. 16.

  • Brandeis senior Kenn Fryer (Wilmington, Mass./St. John's Prep) made one save and recorded his fifth shutout of the season. NYU's Lucas Doucette had six stops in the losing effort, including two diving stops.

  • The win was the 69th for Brandeis's senior class of Fryer, backs Josh Hacunda (Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton) Robbie Lynch (Weymouth, Mass./Weymouth) and Conor Lanahan (Suffield, Conn./Suffield), midfielder Jake Picard (Avon, Conn./Avon) and forwards Michael Chaput (Holliston, Mass./Holliston) and Chris Bradley (East Brunswick, N.J./E. Brunswick), the most for Brandeis over any four year span with the NCAA tournament still ahead of them.

TEAM RECORDS

  • Brandeis ends the regular season with a 16-2-1 record. The Judges are ranked No. 5 in Division III by the NSCAA, No. 6 by D3soccer.com.

  • Brandeis finishes 6-1 in the UAA.

  • NYU is 6-12 overall, 1-6 in the UAA.