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ALBANY, NY–The 2022 NJIT men's soccer campaign concluded on Saturday afternoon as the No. 6 seeded Highlanders were defeated by No. 3 seeded UAlbany in the America East Conference Quarterfinals at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium.

NJIT wraps up the season 5-8-4 overall, 1-4-2 in the America East while the Great Danes (4-7-6) advance to the America East Conference semifinals on Thursday, November 10 at No. 2 Vermont.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• UAlbany broke the scoreless match in the 74th minute on a goal by Mohamed Soumah as he received a pass from Jackson Finn which slipped between the NJIT defense, striking the ball to the right of the Highlander keeper for a 1-0 lead.

• In the 84th minute, UAlbany converted a penalty kick by Pantelis Panteli to put the Great Danes ahead, 2-0.

• In the 30th minute of action, NJIT had a dangerous scoring opportunity on a cross from Alejandro Rabell to a running Jordi Navio Sanchez.  Navio Sanchez's shot was prevented by a sliding UAlbany defender to keep the match tied at 0-0.

• Four different Highlanders – Navio Sanchez, Andrea Campoli, Matt Moran and Jackson Gould recorded one shot each in the opening 45 minutes.

• NJIT held a 4-3 advantage in overall shots while senior goalkeeper Samuel Reisgys made one save on three Great Dane shots faced in the first half.

• The overall shots were in favor of UAlbany 10-9.  NJIT's Gould, Sergio Martinez Cubel and Navio Sanchez each combined for a pair of shots in the match.

• Reisgys, who faced 10 shots, finished with two saves.

NOTES

• Ten Highlanders played in their final collegiate match in a Highlander uniform –  fifth-year seniors Luc Smith, J.J. Gaeir, graduate students Anthony Rovito and Jose Del Valle and seniors Alejandro Rabell, Samuel Reisgys, Jose Adames, Arrio Rusnak, Andreas Nicolaou and Eduardo Rossi.

• Reisgys, named to the 2022 America East Conference All-Academic team, concludes his career with 237 saves (which tops the NJIT career record book), 61 matches, 22 wins, 10 ties and eight shutouts.

• Alejandro Rabell wraps up his Highlander career as the NJIT Division I all-time assists leader with 19 while ranking second all-time at NJIT.

• Three Highlanders were named to the America East Conference All-Rookie team – Hugo Tavares (3G, 6PTS), Maximus Barboto (4A, 4PTS) and Andrea Campoli (1G, 2PTS).

• The Highlanders earned their third straight America East Conference playoff berth under seventh-year head coach Fernando Barboto.
  
  This season, NJIT registered seven shutouts, which ties the NJIT Division I mark for shutouts in a season (7 in 2016).