Box Score Worcester, Mass. – Three different RPI
players scored goals and the visiting Engineers shutout host Clark
in non-league men's soccer action on Saturday afternoon at
Granger Soccer Complex.
The win improves RPI's record to 7-3-2, while the Cougars
slip to 5-6-2.
The victory for the Engineers gives them three consecutive
shutouts and marks the seventh time this season in which they have
not allowed their opponent to score a goal.
Sophomore Jake Tonkel (Los Gatos, Calif.) got the scoring going
when he took a feed from Adam Tambasco (Clifton Park, N.Y.) and
beat Clark keeper Ryan King (Brimfield, Mass.) for
the game's first goal with less than two minutes remaining in
the first half.
The Engineers were back at it in the opening moments of the
second half when Tambasco got in on the act, notching his first
goal of the season with help from Benjamin Poser (Scotts Valley,
Calif.) at the 51:15 mark.
RPI controlled play for the most part, holding a 12-3 edge in
shots. King made six saves for the Cougars, while Engineer
netminder Alex Penny (Northport, N.Y.) needed to only make one stop
en route to his seventh shutout of the season and the 34th of his
career.
The visitors added their final goal in the 89th minute when Adam
Updegrove (Carson City, Nev.) went up the right side and fed a ball
to the middle to Matt Koliopoulos (Franklin, Mass.) for his first
goal of the season.
RPI continues its swing through New England on Monday when they
visit Williams, while the Cougars return to the field on Saturday
at MIT.