Madison, NJ... The College of New Jersey men's soccer team remained unbeaten on the season as they came away with a 2-2 tie on Wednesday at FDU-Florham.
 
Earlier in the week, the Lions were rewarded for their fast start of the season as they were voted 18^th in the first National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) of the season.
 
The win put the Lions at 5-0-2 on the season, while the Devils are 2-3-1.
 
FDU-Florham scored the lone goal in the first period, but TCNJ had a big surge in the opening stages of the second frame to take the lead.
 
Freshman Nick Sample (New Egypt, NJ/New Egypt) tied the game 4:19 into the half with an unassisted goal.
 
The Lions struck again less than 10 minutes later when Sample set up sophomore Peter Dresch (Highland Park, NJ/St. Joseph's) for third goal of the season.
 
The Devils then got the equalizer 48 seconds later to knot the game at 2-2.
 
The teams then went through a pair of 10-minute overtimes, with TCNJ's Thomas Hogue (Ridgefield Park, NJ/Bergen Catholic) nearly winning the game with a couple of good scoring chances in the first overtime.
 
Junior Jake Nesteruk (Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks East) recorded a pair of saves.
 
FDU-Florham keeper Frank Maggiore Jr. kept his team in the game throughout with 12 saves.
 
TCNJ kicks off New Jersey Athletic Conference action this weekend when they head to Rutgers-Newark for a 7:30 p.m. match-up against the Scarlet Raiders.