The New York University men's soccer team improved to 2-1 this season with a 3-1 win over the City College of New York (CCNY) on Wednesday, September 7, on Randall's Island in Manhattan.

The Violets utilized a stingy defense and two first-half goals in sending the Beavers to their third loss (1-3) of the season.

Junior Tristan Medios-Simon scored the game's first goal on an assist from senior captain Petter Aasa. Aasa then scored a goal of his own late in the first half on an assist from Medios-Simon to give NYU a 2-0 advantage.

"We played pretty well and implemented a lot of the things we've been doing in practice," said NYU Head Coach Kim Wyant. "We were able to get a lot of our players involved."

Freshman Drew Enyedi capped the Violets' scoring on his first collegiate goal in the second half. He was assisted by sophomore Evan Reifsnyder. 

The Beavers then scored their only goal on their only shot of the game in the 84th minute. Overall, NYU tallied 25 shots, with 12 of them on goal.

Senior Lucas Doucette played the first 70 minutes in net for NYU before sophomore Grant Engel came in for the remainder of the contest.

"I'm disappointed that we lost the shutout," Wyant explained. "But, we were able to convert on our chances tonight, something we were unable to do in our loss to Manhattanville."

The Violets return to action this Saturday, September 10, when they play at Hunter College at 12:00pm.