Sept. 30, 2007

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KINGSTON, R.I. - Senior Lukasz Tumicz (Bisztynek, Poland) tallied two goals and an assist as the Rhode Island men's soccer team posted a 4-1 win over Maine at the URI Soccer Complex, Sunday afternoon. Classmate Danleigh Borman (Cape Town, South Africa) also had a multiple-point performance, assisting on goals by Tumicz and junior Kedan Crosby (St. James, Trinidad).

"I'm happy with the way we played today," said head coach John O'Connor. "And we haven't necessarily been playing poorly, we've just had trouble creating quality chances - and finishing when we have the opportunity to do so. It finally came together for us this afternoon, though, and that's exactly the confidence booster we need right now."

The Rams, who had been held scoreless over their last 361:31 minutes of play, got on the board just six minutes into the game when Crosby headed a cross form Borman into the top left corner of the net for the 1-0 lead. Just over 11 minutes later Tumicz extended the Rhody advantage when he directed a pass from senior Geoffrey Cameron (Attleboro, Mass.) past Maine goalkeeper Nemanja Kostic, to put the Rams up by two.

Maine's Thomas McCole cut the URI lead in half in the 27th minute when he headed a shot past sophomore Chris Pennock (Middlesborough, England). Assists were credited to Dan Eggert and Pat Halligan.

Tumicz struck again at the start of the second half, heading a Borman cross into the right corner of the net just five minutes in, before setting up freshman Greg Balicki's (Wilbraham, Mass.) first collegiate goal. In the 62nd minute, the Black Bears were called for a foul outside the box, resulting in a URI free kick. Tumicz touched a quick pass to Balicki, who maneuvered around the wall of Maine defenders and blasted a shot past Kostic for the Rams' final goal of the afternoon.

In all, Rhode Island outshot Maine, 23-7, and held the advantage in corner kicks, 8-4.

Pennock made two saves in net for URI while Kostic recorded seven stops for the Black Bears.

The URI men's soccer team (2-6-0) returns to action on Sunday, Oct. 7 when it travels to Richmond (3-6-0) for a non-conference meeting at Noon.