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Baruch, NYU Play to 1-1 Draw

The Baruch Bearcats and NYU Violets played to a 1-1 non-conference draw on Wednesday night at the Met Oval in Maspeth, New York.

The Bearcats (0-0-2) jumped on the scoreboard first at the 20:52 mark of the opening half. Aykan Yurdacan (Istanbul, Turkey/Abraham Lincoln) took advantage of a defensive miscue inside the box and punched home a loose ball to give Baruch the early advantage.

Freshman Ibek Abdrahmanov (Brooklyn, N.Y./James Madison), one of the many young Baruch players recording their collegiate debuts, started the action by attempting a shot from the top of the box. The defense failed to clear the rebound and that enabled Yurdacan to easily score his third collegiate goal in two years.

NYU (0-2-1) scored their first goal of the season at the 68:42 mark of the second half on a well-placed corner kick into the box by Brandon Hintz (London, UK/American School of London) that met Branden Neal (Yarmouth, Maine/Yarmouth) with a header for the tying goal.

The visitors from NYU led all evening in the shot category (30-7), but did not truly come to life until Neal's goal 23 minutes into the second half.

The Violets had an opportunity to take the lead in the 85th minute, but a hard shot by Robert Keller (East Lyme, CT/East Lyme) hit the cross bar to the disappointment of the NYU bench.

Junior Nelson DiBastiano (Rego Park, N.Y./St. Francis Prep) had another solid evening in front of the net defensively for the Bearcats with nine saves.

Baruch will travel this weekend to Buffalo, New York for a non-conference encounter against Medaille College from the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference.

First kick on Saturday is scheduled for 7:00 pm.



Submitted 2008-09-10 23:34:51 by Baruch College Sports Information Department

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