Men’s Soccer Battles UMass-Boston to Scoreless Stalemate

BOSTON, Mass.- The Eastern Nazarene College men's soccer team recorded its second-straight tie Saturday afternoon, playing to a 0-0 draw at UMass-Boston.

THE BASICS:
Score: Eastern Nazarene 0, UMass-Boston 0
Records: Lions 1-4-4 | Beacons 6-2-2

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The two teams headed into the halftime intermission deadlocked at 0-0.
• Neither squad was able to find the back of the net in the second stanza as Eastern Nazarene posted its fourth tie and second clean sheet of the season.
  

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

• Goalkeeper Lucas Batz (Jacksonville, N.C.) registered nine saves in his second-consecutive start.
• Eastern Nazarene produced 11 shots on the afternoon with seven attempts on frame.
• UMass-Boston totaled 17 shots in the match and finished with nine shots on goal.
• Mattia Zuin (Porto Alegre, Brazil) paced the visitors with three shots and a pair of attempts on goal while Bryan Vargas (San Jose, Costa Rica) fired two shots.
• The Lions sported an 8-5 advantage in corner kicks earned.

LOOKING AHEAD:

Eastern Nazarene travels to Framingham State October 4.