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Rochester, NY -- An early deficit proved too difficult to come back from as the Elmira College men's soccer team (3-2) fell for the second time in three games, losing on the road to the Rochester Institute of Technology (3-3) by a score of 3-0.

The Tigers wasted little time before scoring their first goal of the day, as they scored just 1:03 into the game. The Soaring Eagles were able to regroup after the defensive letdown and get some good looks on net, but the RIT keeper made three saves in the half to keep EC off the board. Elmira went into halftime trailing 1-0.

The Purple and Gold came out in the second half looking to score the equalizer, but it was RIT who added to their score. The Tigers used back-to-back goals from John Kaddo, scored just 1:27 apart from each other, to break the game open and halt any momentum the Soaring Eagles had coming out of halftime. Nick Lapinski '17 made a tremendous save on a penalty kick to keep the deficit at three, but the EC offense could not find the back of the net as the game ended 3-0 in favor of RIT.

On paper, Elmira played RIT quite close as the two teams recorded the same number of shots (15) and had the same number of corner kicks (6). Lapinski made eight saves on the day while his counterpart, Mark Reeves, made five to secure the shutout.

The Soaring Eagles will look to rebound from this loss when they host Empire 8 foe Alfred University within the friendly confines of EC's Campus Field on Saturday, September 21st during Elmira College's Family Weekend. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.