Wildcats Win Fourth Straight with 2-0 Shutout of UMBC

Saturday, October 1

Durham, N.H.

6 PM

University of New Hampshire

6-3-0, 2-0-0

UMBC

5-4-1, 0-2-0

UMBC

New Hampshire

The Wildcats have won four straight games (Photo by John-Scott Sherburne)

Photo by: John-Scott Sherburne

10/1/2022 9:21:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Bombito scores game-winning goal.

DURHAM, N.H. – Junior back Moise Bombito (Montreal, Quebec) scored the game-winning goal as the University of New Hampshire men's soccer team defeated UMBC, 2-0, on Saturday evening at Wildcat Stadium in America East action.

The Wildcats improve to 6-3-0 overall (2-0-0 AE), while the Retrievers fall to 5-4-1 (0-2-0 AE).

UNH has won four straight games and have outscored the opposition 11-2 during this streak.

UP NEXT:

The Wildcats return to action on Saturday, Oct. 8, when they travel to Newark, N.J. to take on America East opponent NJIT at 3 p.m. at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium on AE.TV. UNH then returns to Wildcat Stadium on Tuesday, Oct. 11 versus Northeastern at 6 p.m.

Score: New Hampshire 2, UMBC 0
Records: UNH (6-3-0, 2-0-0 AE); UMBC (5-4-1, 0-2-0 AE)
Location: Durham, N.H. (Wildcat Stadium)
Date: Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Attendance: 1,722

BOXSCORE | PHOTO GALLERY

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The first half went scoreless as the Wildcats outshot the Retrievers 8-4.
The Wildcats took a 1-0 lead in the 62nd minute (61:29) when Bombito headed the ball towards the goal off a corner kick by senior forward Bilal Kamal (London, England) as the ball was deflected to the back of the net.

Check out Moise Bombito's goal in the 2nd half!!! Game Day Central➡️https://t.co/x2WLunqvsf#PieceOfThePuzzle pic.twitter.com/m1pDNjrccv — UNH Men's Soccer (@UNHMSoccer) October 1, 2022

Just 1:04 later in the 63rd minute (62:33), Kamal sent a pass to Goldman who crossed the ball to the center of the box where it ricocheted off Jago Lott of UMBC into the goal.

UNH Gooooooaaaaaallll! Wildcats take a 2-0 lead! Game Day Central➡️https://t.co/x2WLunqvsf#PieceOfThePuzzle pic.twitter.com/9lDmbMWl1A — UNH Men's Soccer (@UNHMSoccer) October 1, 2022

The Wildcat defense was able to keep UMBC off the scoreboard for the 2-0 win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

UNH outshot UMBC, 16-5, while the Wildcats took six shots on goal and the Retrievers took one.
Senior goalkeeper Jassem Koleilat (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) recorded one save to earn the win. Quantrell Jones of UMBC had five saves for the Retrievers.
The Wildcats had 15 corner kicks, while the Retrievers had seven.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE: