Box Score KEENE, N.H.—UMass Boston men's soccer was forced to settle for a hard-fought 2-2 conference tie on Saturday afternoon at the Owl Athletic Complex. 
 
THE BASICS
UMass Boston 2, Keene State 2 (2OT) 
(UMass Boston 10-2-1, Little East 4-1-1) 
(Keene State 3-5-3, Little East 2-1-2) 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Senior Nilton de Andrade (Fogo, Cape Verde) and junior Josh DeAlmeida (Revere, Mass.) each scored for the Beacons who notched their first tie of the season.
 
De Andrade paced the Beacons with a three point day, as he also picked up an assist on DeAlmeida's goal. 
 
In net, JJ Devine (Halifax, Mass.) made one stop-a key save in the 58^th minute to keep the game tied at 1-1. 
 
UMass Boston took the lead in the 27^th minute, when the Beacons were awarded a penalty kick after a Keene State foul in the box.  De Andrade stepped up and made no mistake, beating Keene State goalie Anthony Pasciuto with a shot to the left.
 
In the 38th minute, the Owls drew level, as Denis Fleming played an inch perfect ball over the top, and Brandon Comire snuck in at the back post to slot home from almost point-blank range.    Pasciuto kept the game even with a stop on John Santos (Brockton, Mass.) in the 40th minute.
 
Keene State should have went in front in the 51st minute, as Fleming put a shot wide, then Mbambi Mbungu hit the intersection of post and crossbar just a couple of minutes later.  The Owls did take the lead in the 72nd minute, as Rahul Drukpa's shot was blocked, but it went right to the feet of Fleming, who netted his fourth goal in three games.
 
Only 30 seconds later, the Beacons had tied it again, as de Andrade played in DeAlmeida, who clipped the ball over Pasicuto to knot the score for a second time.  
 
While neither team could generate a shot in the first overtime, the Owls had Pasciuto to thank for preserving the tie in the second OT. De Andrade was one-on-one with the keeper in the 104^th minute, but the keeper parried the shot over for a corner kick. Minutes later, Josh Madden (Milton, Mass.) broke into the box and had a look from a tight angle but sent his shot wide of the far post. Mbungu had one final chance in the dying seconds but put his shot over the net.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Saturday's tie was the Beacons first tie since the 2019 Little East Conference Quarterfinals, when the Beacons went to penalty shots at Western Connecticut State after 110 scoreless minutes. 
• Keene State held a slight 14-12 edge in shots, while the Beacons led 5-3 in shots on target. UMass Boston also owned an 8-3 lead on corner kicks. 
• De Andrade moved into fifth-place in program history in points for a single-season (38) with his three-point afternoon. He also sits tied for seventh in goals in a season (15) and tied for sixth in assists in a year (eight). 
• The Beacons snapped a two-game losing streak against the Owls with the tie. UMass Boston is 3-3-3 against Keene State over the past seven seasons. 
• While the Beacons saw their seven-game winning streak come to an end, the Beacons eight-game unbeaten streak is just one shy of the third-longest in program history.  

WHO'S NEXT 
 
UMass Boston will travel to take on 2019 New England Collegiate Conference Champion Eastern Nazarene College on Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. 
 
Parts Of This Release Courtesy Of Keene State College Sports Information Department