Box Score RADNOR, Penn. – By halftime of its non-conference game here Wednesday, the No. 12-ranked Rutgers University-Camden men's soccer team was on the way to suffering its second loss of the season – one more than the 2013 team had all year on its run to the NCAA finals.
Cabrini College scored a pair of first-half goals and rode its lead to a 2-1 victory over the Scarlet Raptors, dropping Rutgers-Camden to 1-2 early in the season. The team went 23-1-2 a year ago.
Cabrini improves to 2-1.
Cabrini scored the game's first goal at 28:08 on a strike by sophomore forward
Bobby Kane (Haverford, PA/Haverford), assisted by senior midfielder
Sean Neary (Logan Township, NJ/Kingsway Regional). Only 4:16 later, the Cavaliers struck again as sophomore midfielder
AJ Bishop (Macungie, PA/Emmaus) found the net, assisted by junior midfielder
Boomer Steigelman (Philadelphia, PA/Roman Catholic). Rutgers-Camden didn't score its goal until 7:38 remained in the game. Junior midfielder
Jeramey Robbins (Berkeley Heights, NJ/Governor Livingston) notched his first goal at Rutgers-Camden since transferring from Millersville University.
Both teams had nine shots and Rutgers-Camden held an 11-1 advantage in corner kicks, including 5-0 in the second half, when they also held a 6-3 edge in shots.
Rutgers-Camden sophomore goalie
Eric Bumbera (Wall, NJ/Wall) and Cabrini junior keeper
R.J. Pino (Newtown Square, PA/Marple Newtown) each made two saves.
Rutgers-Camden will host its 14th annual Cialella Soccer Classic on Saturday and Sunday, with games at 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. both days. On Saturday, New Jersey City University plays Susquehanna University at 2 p.m., followed by Rutgers-Camden against Drew University. Sunday's games pit NJCU and Drew in the early contest and Susquehanna against Rutgers-Camden in the nightcap.
Cabrini returns to action Saturday with a 3:30 p.m. game at Eastern University.