Men's Soccer Drops 3-0 Loss to UConn

9/11/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

DURHAM, NC (Sept. 11) -- The University of Connecticut men's soccer team defeated NC State, 3-0, as junior Edwin Rivera contriubuted a hat trick in the first round of the Duke Adidas/Foot Locker Tournament.

Connecticut took the lead at the 39:15 mark, when Rivera knocked in his first goal of the day. Rivera opened up the lead just 1:01 later to make the score 2-0. Rivera completed his hat trick with his third goal of the evening at the 71:32 mark. Junior Darin Lewis (Trenton, NJ) recorded two assists in the win for the Huskies.

Connecticut 3, North Carolina State 0

North Carolina State      0    0    --    0
Connecticut               2    1    --    3

UC- Edwin Rivera (Luis Arauz, Darin Lewis) 39:15; Edwin Rivera (Darin Lewis, Brent Rahim) 40:46; Edwin Rivera (Donny Mark) 71:32 SHOTS-- UC- 19; NCSU-4 SAVES-- UC- 4 (Matt Chavlovich, Bryheem Hancock-1), NCSU- 6 (Mitchell Wadkins) FOULS-- UC- 9; NCSU-14 CORNER KICKS-- UC-6; NCSU- 4