Box score
Allentown, PA … The College of New Jersey men's soccer team battled Muhlenberg College to 110 minutes of scoreless soccer in a non-conference match-up Wednesday night.
The Lions (4-5-3) played in their fifth overtime game this season as the game concluded in a 0-0 draw. The Mules (6-2-1) settled for their first tie of the season.
TCNJ goalkeeper
Matt Frederick (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape) set a career-high in saves as he stopped eight shots in the game.
The Lions were not afraid to pull the trigger as they got off 24 shots in the game. The two teams traded punches in the second half as TCNJ fired 15 shots and Muhlenberg attempted 14 in the period.
With just over a minute remaining in regulation, the Lions nearly registered the game-winner. Senior
Anthony DiPalmo (Somderdale, NJ/Triton Regiona) ripped a shot from just outside the left corner of the box that caromed off the crossbar. The ball was cleared out of bounds for TCNJ to take one of its seven corner kicks in the game.
After twenty minutes of overtime play, the game ended in a draw for the second straight year. Last season in Lions' Stadium, the two programs played to a 2-2 tie.
TCNJ will visit Salisbury University in another non-conference contest on Saturday, October 8. The game is set for a 2 p.m. start. Their next New Jersey Athletic Conference game is Wednesday, October 12 against William Paterson in TCNJ's Soccer Complex at 4 p.m.