After Russell Cicerone was knocked down in the NIU box and wasn’t awarded a penalty kick, the Huskies countered with the first shot of the match in the second minute as Christian Molina ripped a long distance shot that Joseph Kuta made a nice stop on. After a couple chances on corner kicks, the Bulls finally broke through with their first goal on the third straight corner. Daniel Cramarossa sent a great corner into the box where Fox Slotemaker headed the ball to Tommy Fogarty-Cameron who buried his second goal of the season in the 17th minute. In the 22nd minute, Braden Scales had a great chance to make it 2-0 but the NIU keeper made a great diving stop to his right, poking the ball out of bounds. Rikard Lindqvist had a golden opportunity to score in the 40th minute but his running shot went just left of the net after Russell Cicerone gave Lindqvist a great feed.
Russell Cicerone had the first chance of the second half as he dribbled into the box and ripped a left-footed shot that just missed the left corner of the net. Buffalo almost made it 2-0 in the 68th minute as Russell Cicerone fed Tommy Fogarty-Cameron who just missed the top corner of the net. The Bulls had their best chance to put the match away in the 74th minute as Russell Cicerone made a great run and fed a streaking Steven Stryker who had a partial breakaway but his hard right-footed shot was turned away by the challenging keeper. Northern Illinois had a dangerous chance in the 76th minute but Christian Molina saw his header go just wide of the left corner after a nice cross into the box. The Huskies last chance for the equalizer came in the 84th minute as Max Voss ripped a shot from 20 yards out that went sailing over the UB goal. The Buffalo defense did a great job down the stretch to notch their eighth clean sheet of the season.
The Bulls will return home on Sunday at 11 a.m. as they welcome Oral Roberts for a non-conference match. Sunday’s match at UB Stadium will also be Senior Day for eight UB players.
from UBBulls.com via IFTTT
