The men’s soccer team improved their record to 5-0 with a 2-1 victory over local rival Mount St. Mary’s.  UMBC is currently off to their best start since 1999 when the team started 6-0, which they road to a 19-1-2 NCAA tournament birth.

The game was the first of the season that UMBC trailed in, as Mount St. Mary’s forawrd Chris Wheeler deflected a free kick in for a score midway through the first half.  But with 32 seconds left Andrew Bulls knoted the game with his eight goal of the season, matching his goal output from last season.  Sophomore defender Jason McCarron made a long pass towards the goal, which freshman Matt Knight headed into the post.  But the ball bounced in front of the goal and Bulls slide it into the goal while the goalie was out of position.  The game winning goal came from Houapeu who converted a pentalty in the 75th minute.

Four Retrievers were selected to the all-Adidas Kick Off Classic Tournament team.  Chris Williams and Vince Savarese represented the team on defense while Houapeu (one goal and three assists) was selected as a foraward along with Bulls (three goals).  Bulls was also named the tournament MVP.