News Release

WPI 1, MIT 0

Worcester, MA --- Chris Lyons’ (Jefferson, MA) goal midway through the second half was the only tally of the day as WPI earned a home match in the upcoming NEWMAC Tournament with a 1-0 shutout over visiting MIT on Sunday afternoon. WPI is now 10-4-2 overall and 3-2-1 in NEWMAC action while MIT drops to 6-10 on the season and 0-6 in conference play.

Lyons goal came as WPI was attacking with the gusty wind at its back. He buried a pass from Brandon Finzel (Northport, NY) at 62:17 to notch his fourth marker of the season.

Each team’s goalkeeper was asked to make an outstanding save in the first half. WPI’s Brian Catalano (Whitinsville, MA) made a diving stop of a penalty kick at 26:08 while MIT’s Tom Caldwell (East Berlin, PA) registered a sprawling save following a corner kick with just 3:30 remaining before intermission.

On the day, Catalano notched three saves en route to improving his record to an impressive 10-1-2. Caldwell was credited with four stops.

WPI enjoyed an 11-7 advantage in shots and took four corner kicks to MIT’s one.

Both teams will open up NEWMAC Tournament action on Wednesday. Fourth-seeded WPI will host fifth-seeded Coast Guard. The two teams played in New London last year in the first round with WPI advancing on penalty kicks. Seventh-seeded MIT will travel to second-seeded Babson.

Submitted 2006-10-29 13:00:00 by D3Kicks.com Sports Information Department

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