Northeastern Rallies Past Men's Soccer, 2-1

Tuesday, October 18

Boston, MA

6 PM

Boston University

4-4-6, 2-1-3

Northeastern

4-8-3, 2-4-1

Boston U.

Northeastern

Andrew Wike punches a corner kick high into the air while leaping and the other players battling for position.

October 18, 2022 | Men's Soccer

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BROOKLINE, Mass. – Senior Ryan Lee netted his second goal of the season two minutes into the second half, but it wasn't enough, as Northeastern rallied off a pair of set pieces to defeat the Boston University men's soccer team, 2-1, on Tuesday night at Parsons Field.

With the come-from-behind victory, the Huskies (4-8-3) improve to 2-2-3 at home, while the Terriers drop to 4-4-6 following their final non-conference game of the regular season.

Lee put BU ahead at 46:26 with a quick shot past Colby Hegarty on a through ball from senior Quinn Matulis, who earned his fourth assist of the year. Northeastern though found the equalizer at 61:50 after the Terriers were unable to clear a long throw-in and then scored the game winner at 85:53 with a quick shot off the Huskies' sixth corner.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Freshman Diego Rived had a shot blocked at 1:45, and his second attempt following the corner kick went over the crossbar.
The Huskies earned their first corner at 8:35 and forced junior Andrew Wike to make his first save two minutes later.
Matulis followed sophomore Brian Hernandez's shot attempt with a low grounder that was saved by Hegarty at 15:58.
Wike kept the game scoreless with his second stop with 12 seconds remaining in the first half.
Needing 86 seconds in the second half, sophomore Daniel Kim sent a quick centering pass to Matulis, who found a slashing Lee for the 1-0 lead.
Lee nearly doubled the lead in the 54th minute, but his shot attempt was a few inches too high from eight yards out and nailed the crossbar.
Eight minutes later, the Huskies scored the equalizer with a long throw-in that was headed further into the box before deflecting off the head of a BU defender to the feet of Harry Sankey, who rifled a shot past Wike.
Junior Matthew Boberg forced Hegarty's last save of the night at 83:21.
The Huskies had two shots blocked in the 86th minute with the last one leading to a corner and then a one-touch shot by Fraser Bown for the 2-1 lead.
BU was unable to mount its own rally in defeat.

GAME NOTES

Matulis moved into a tie for first on the team at eight points with senior Colin Innes (4g) while grabbing the team lead at four assists.
Lee became the third Terrier alongside Matulis and Innes to record multiple goals this season.
Kim became the sixth Terrier to earn an assist and 11th overall to earn at least one point.
Both Wike and Hegarty tallied three saves apiece, as the Huskies posted a 12-10 advantage in shots and 6-3 lead in corners.
Northeastern improved to 5-7-1 all-time in home contests against the Terriers.

UP NEXT

The Terriers will return home and resume Patriot League play on Sunday (Oct. 23) at 1 p.m. against American.
BU is on a four-game unbeaten streak following last year's 1-1 road draw and three wins featuring a combined score of 6-2.