The College of New Jersey men's soccer team tied with New Jersey Athletic Conference opponent Rutgers University-Camden on Wednesday evening in double overtime by a final score of 1-1.

The Lions got on the board first when Joerg Jauk (Lassnitzhoe, Austria) converted on a penalty kick for his first goal of the 2017 season. The Scarlet Raptors had a couple of chances on offense, however Michael Kayal (Mahwah, NJ/Mahwah) came up with two key saves. One came from a Scarlet Knight header from five feet out, and Kayal got a piece of it to chip it over the net. For the Scarlet Raptors, Vincenzo Masitti took a feed inside of the box late in the first half from Jawon Daniels to tie the match up at one.

In the second period, neither team was able to break the tie. The best chance came with three minutes to go in regulation, when the Scarlet Raptors had a chance from eight feet out off of a cross but Kayal once again came up with the crucial save to preserve the Lion lead. In the first overtime, Kayal made another clutch save as he stopped a breakaway to keep the Lions alive, however neither team was able to net the game winning goal.

Kayal finished the night with nine saves. Rutgers Camden out shot TCNJ 16-13, and had the edge on corner kicks 7-4.

With the tie the Lions are now 4-4-2 on the 2017 season, and next up is an away game at Rutgers University- Newark on Saturday, September 30^th at 1p.m.