Men’s Soccer Plays to Scoreless Tie at Roger Williams

BRISTOL, R.I. – Suffolk men's soccer's regular season finale ended in a scoreless stalemate at Roger Williams Tuesday night in Commonwealth Coast Conference action at Bayside Field.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 0 | Roger Williams 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (9-5-3, 4-2-2 CCC) | Roger Williams (6-4-8, 4-1-3 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Rams came out hungry in the first half, outshooting the Hawks, 6-2, placing half (3) of their shots on goal.   

Suffolk's best chance came with just over one minute remaining before halftime when Pierre Willis fired back-to-back shots at Roger Williams keeper Jack Avellar. The Hawks' goalie denied both attempts and the teams would go into the break locked in a scoreless tie. 

Momentum turned in Roger Williams favor out of the locker room as the host outshot Suffolk, 9-3 and put three of those attempts on target. Xander Balog stopped them all to preserve the crucial conference point.  

KEEPING UP WITH THE KEEPERS

• Balog registered five saves in the shutout. 
• Avellar had four stops in the tie.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Roger Williams edged Suffolk in shots, 11-9, including a 5-4 advantage in shots on goal. 
• Both teams took four corners.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Today's stalemate was the first non-losing result for Suffolk versus Roger Williams all-time. 
• The Rams are now 0-4-1 all-time against the Hawks. 
• Suffolk moved to 0-3-1 versus Roger Williams under Bill Maddock's guidance. 
• With tonight's decision, four of the five meetings between Suffolk and Roger Williams have been shutouts. Suffolk is 0-3-1 in such instances. 
• Balog logged his fourth shutout of the year, 16th of his collegiate career.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
With home field advantage secured for the CCC Quarterfinals Saturday, Oct. 28, the Rams await the official seeding of the 2023 CCC Tournament to find out their first-round foe.