WALTHAM, Mass. – Brandeis scored three goals in the span of 10 minutes in the first half to take a 4-1 victory over the MIT men's soccer team on Tuesday night at Gordon Field.
 
THE BASICS

• Score: Brandeis 4, MIT 1
• Records: MIT (6-7-0 Overall), Brandeis (5-3-2 Overall)  

HOW IT HAPPENED: 

• Graduate student Aidan Hallinan (Carlsbad, Calif.) looked to give the Engineers a quick lead but his shot was saved by Quintin Wrabley (Malvern, Pa.) at 2:56. First year Shikhar Motupally (Avon, Conn.) followed with a shot that went wide left a few seconds later at 3:14.
• The Judges put three goals on the board in just over 10 minutes. The first strike came at 20:43 from first year Dylan Marzouca (Kingston, Jamaica). First year Kaden Collins (Farmington, Conn.) followed with a goal at 24:48 and junior Nico Beninda (Monroe Township, N.J.) gave the host a 3-0 advantage at 29:39.
• Off a throw in by the Engineers, the ball found its way outside the box to Motupally who laced a shot into the far left corner at 50:10 to make it a two goal game.
• Junior Rainer Osselmann-Chai (Acton, Mass.) scored his second goal of the season at 62:46 to put Brandeis back up by three goals.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS: 

• MIT held a slight 15-14 edge in shots and a 7-6 advantage in shots on goal. Brandeis had a 6-1 advantage in corner kicks.
• The goal for Motupally was his fifth of the season. He now leads the team with 16 points.
• Sophomore Hernando Ardila (Mimar, Fla.) turned away two shots.
• Marzouca and Collins scored their first collegiate goals. Beninda notched his fourth goal of the year and Osselmann-Chai scored his second.
• Wrabley made six saves in goal.

UP NEXT: 

• The Engineers continue their road swing with a 1:00 PM NEWMAC contest at Springfield on Saturday, October 12.  The Judges will host Washington University on Friday, October 11 at 1:30 PM.

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