FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 1, 2003

Men’s Soccer Score Report:

Plymouth, NH

1

2

Final

Rhode Island College (11-7, 5-2)

0

0

0

Plymouth State (12-2-2, 5-1-1)

1

2

3

GOALS: PSU, Nick Libera (Kyle Bowman), 12:00; PSU, Koichi Nakatsubo, 76:00; PSU, Mike Cantelli (Felix Rosen), 86:20.

SAVES: RIC, Jason Nelson (4); PSU, Brad Wilby (3).

TOTAL SHOTS: RIC (3); PSU (10).

PANTHERS DASH RIC’S HOPES FOR LEC TITLE, 3-0

Plymouth, NH—The Rhode Island College men’s soccer team had their hopes for the program’s first-ever regular season Little East Conference title fall short in a, 3-0, loss at Plymouth State College.

PSU improves to 12-2-2 overall and posted a 5-1-1 mark in the conference. The Panthers will be the number one seed in the four-team Little East Tournament, which begins on Wednesday, Nov. 4. RIC falls to 11-7 overall and 5-2 in the LEC. Then Anchormen will be the third seed in the tourney and will face second-seeded Keene State on Wednesday. The game is scheduled for a 6 p.m. start.

The Panthers senior back Nick Libera (Cromwell, CT) scored the game-winning goal in the 12^th minute, converting a crossing pass from senior midfielder Kyle Bowman (Bedford, NH). Sophomore midfielder Koichi Nakatsubo (Numazu City, Japan) and senior midfielder Mike Cantelli (Raymond, NH) added insurance goals in the 76^th and 87^th minute, respectively.

RIC junior goalkeeper Jason Nelson (Pascoag, RI) made four stops in a losing effort, while his counterpart, PSU senior netminder Brad Wilby (Haddonfield, NJ) made three saves to earn the shutout.

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