EAST BOSTON – Suffolk men's soccer dropped a midweek non-conference matchup to MIT, 2-0, Wednesday night at James A. Sartori Stadium at East Boston Memorial Park.   

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 0 | MIT 2
RECORDS: Suffolk (3-3-3) | MIT (5-4-0)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
MIT controlled the pace of play in the first 45 minutes as the visitors outshot the host, 7-2. The Engineers could not figure out Nathan Harlow in the first frame, however, as Suffolk's sophomore stopped all five shots on target.  

Ten minutes out of the locker rooms, the Rams were whistled for a foul at the 12-yard line. Shikhar Motupally took the free kick and Aidan Hallinan headed it home to push MIT on the scoreboard.  

Just about 15 minutes later, the Engineers added to their advantage. In transition, Motupally dribbled up the midfield, slipped a pass through a pair of blue-and-gold defenders to Jonah Gurion for an easy score that doubled the distance. 

Erik Van Even managed to push a pair of shots down with less than five minutes remaining. Both went wide and the score stood in the Engineers favor, 2-0, at the final buzzer. 

KEEPING UP WITH THE KEEPERS

• Harlow had five saves in the contest, all of which came in the first half. 
• Hernando Ardilla started in goal of the Engineers and earned the win. 
• Paolo Mangiafico logged one save in the second half off the bench. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Suffolk's lone shot on target came from Tommy Handelsman, who was responsible for one four (2) of the Rams' eight total shots. 
• MIT doubled the blue-and-gold's shot total, 16-8. 
• The Engineers had more corner kick chances as well, 5-2. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk and MIT met for the ninth time. 
• The Rams are now 3-6-1 all-time against the Engineers. 
• Eight meetings between Suffolk and MIT have been determined in shutout fashion. 
• Suffolk is 2-6-0 in cleansheets against the Engineers. 
• Suffolk is 1-1-0 as the home team versus MIT. 
• The Rams moved to 2-2-0 against MIT under Bill Maddock's guidance.

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk remains at home Saturday, Sept. 28 when it returns to Conference of New England (CNE) play versus the University of New England at 3:00 pm.