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Men's Soccer Faces UNH Wildcats in Durham, N.H. on Wednesday Evening in Battle for Final Playoff Spot

10/28/2008

The UMBC men’s soccer team faces a must-win situation at New Hampshire as two desperate teams battle for one playoff spot in an America East contest in Durham, N.H. on Wednesday night. UMBC (6-7-2, 1-4-1 America East) is one point behind the sixth-place Wildcats (6-5-4, 1-4-2), who will be playing their final league game. The Retrievers finish the season at Stony Brook (3-10-4, 0-3-3 AEC) on Sunday and the top six conference teams will compete in the America East Championships.

The series is tied at 2-2-1, but UMBC has never won at UNH, dropping a 2-1 decision in 2004 and a 3-0 verdict in 2006. Last season, the two teams played on the final day of the season and tied, 1-1, with both squads then moving on to the championships. Ironically, both the Retrievers and Wildcats advanced on the road to the league semifinals.

Levi Houapeu staked UMBC to a 1-0 lead over UNH in the 47^th minute of last year’s game, but UNH tied it in the 70^th minute and the game stayed even through 110 minutes.

UNH has scored only three goals in their previous seven America East outings.