Box Score BOSTON, Mass. – On a windy, rainy Tuesday evening in Boston, UMass Boston's Men's Soccer fell to Wentworth Institute of Technology on the road, 4-1, after scoring two goals in each half of the nonconference matchup.

THE BASICS

UMass Boston 1, Wentworth Institute of Technology 4

UMass Boston (6-3-2)

Wentworth Institute of Technology (3-5-3)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
On the first shot of the match, senior defender Eddie Smith scored his first goal of the season, knocking a one-timer into the left side of the net past junior goalkeeper Qasim El-Ashkar. The shot followed a corner kick from sophomore midfielder Raphael Ribeiro and came on a pass from senior defender Erik Treble in the fourth minute.
 
Junior midfielder Maan Albehacy recorded the first shot of the match for the Beacons in the eighth minute but was turned away by freshman goalkeeper Giovanni Ruggieri to help the Leopards maintain their one-goal advantage.
 
Wentworth Institute would extend their lead to two on another Ribeiro corner kick which found the head this time of Treble who netted his first goal of the season in the 17^th minute of play. The Beacons would be unable to record a shot on goal until the 43^rd minute of the half when junior forward Josh DeAlmeida's shot was stopped by Ruggieri.
 
Sophomore defender Luis Spinola looked to get the Beacons back into the match with his shot on Ruggieri in the 56^th minute but was unable to get the ball by the freshman goalkeeper. The Leopards would push their lead to three just a minute later when Ribeiro scored his second goal of the season, pushing the ball to the left side of the goal mouth by El-Ashkar.
 
Senior midfielder TJ Prouty tacked on the fourth goal for Wentworth Institute in the 73^rd minute while freshman defender Dennis Pecherskiy scored his first collegiate goal in the 87^th minute on a pass from DeAlmeida to bring the match to the final score of 4-1.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• The three-goal margin of victory was the largest since 2016 (3-0 UMass Boston), the largest margin of victory in the all-time series was four back in 1988 (5-1 UMass Boston)
• The loss snaps UMass Boston's six-game point streak, the Beacons were 5-0-1 in their last six matches heading into the day
• This was Wentworth Institute's first win in the all-time series, having lost the first seven matchups against the Beacons dating back to 1988

 

WHO'S NEXT
UMass Boston heads into the second game of their three-game road trip on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 PM against Rhode Island College in a Little East Conference matchup. The Beacons are currently 3-0-0 in LEC play while the Anchormen are 1-1-2 in the Little East.