BOSTON, MA (October 26th, 2024)  It was another beautiful autumn day today, perfect for a soccer match between the UMass Boston Beacon's and their opponents, Vermont State University of Castleton Spartans. UMB's goalkeeper, Andy Ramirez (Waltham, MA), continues his, now 5 game, streak of shut-outs with today's 0-0 draw. 

The Basics 

Final Score: UMB 0 - 0 VTSU 

UMB Beacon's: 8-1-5 (5-0-2) 

VTSU Spartans: 6-5-5 (2-4-1) 

How It Happened 

• The Beacon's competed hard throughout the 90 minutes of the match and were aggressive on the attack early in today's bout. Many shot attempts lifted the spirits of the team as they put the Spartan's goalkeeper to the test. 

• The Spartan's were seemingly on the defensive for the entirety of the action. Despite neither team scoring, VTSU could not mount much of an offense either in the counterattack or set plays. 

• Ramirez was fortunate that his foul inside the box, and subsequent yellow card, did not lead to a score as the Spartan's Stanley Anderson (Andes, NY) could not capitalize on the penalty shot, missing wide left. 

By The Numbers 

• The Beacon's led the way across the stat sheet starting with several shots in the opening minutes of the contest. UMass had an outrageous total of shot attempts with 33, of which over half (18) were on target. Leading to 18 saves for the VTSU goalkeeper, Xander Berthiaume (Colchester, VT). The Spartan's attempted 9 shots, of which only 3 were on target. 

• UMass continued their aggressive attack throughout the match and earned an impressive 11 corner kicks compared to VTSU's measly 2 corner kicks. The Beacon's recorded 5 corners in the first half and another 6 in the second half, whilst the Spartan's had a single attempt in each half. 

• These competitors kept a semi-clean game today with only 13 committed fouls combined between the two units (UMB with 6, VTSU with 7). However, the fouls resulted in two Beacon's receiving a yellow card (Andy Ramirez and Logan Erickson-Potter (Swansea, MA)) and one Spartan received a frustration foul with an adjoining yellow card (Matt Spiller (Fairfax, VT)) in the 87th minute. 

Who's Next? 

• Coming up, the Beacon's will be hosting the Fitchburg State Falcons on Tuesday, October 29th promptly at noon. UMass will be looking to end the Falcons 4 game winning streak in their final home game of the 2024-2025 regular season. 

• The final game of the regular season will take place on November 2nd, 2024 with the Beacon's going on the road before the LEC tournament is underway.