{"id":888612,"date":"2026-09-09T01:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T01:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/888612\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T01:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T01:12:13","slug":"13-mens-soccer-battles-to-0-0-draw-at-boston-university-herceg-records-third-consecutive-shutout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/888612\/","title":{"rendered":"#13 Men\u2019s Soccer Battles to 0-0 Draw at Boston University; Herceg Records Third Consecutive Shutout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hofstra_Updated_200x200.png\" alt=\"Hofstra\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Hofstra<\/p>\n<p>9\/15\/2026 | 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        MSG  &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Sep. 15 (Tue) \/ 7 p.m.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hofstra_Updated_200x200.png\" alt=\"Hofstra\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Hofstra&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/uvmathletics.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/opponent-history\/hofstra\/46\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    FINAL SCORE: #13 Vermont 0, Boston University 0<br \/>\nBOSTON \u2013 No. 13 Vermont (4-0-2) battled with Boston University (0-2-3) for a full 90 minutes on Tuesday night, but in the end the result came down to a 0-0 draw in Boston from Nickerson Field. With the result, the Catamounts remain unbeaten through the first six matches of the season for the sixth time in program history and for the second consecutive season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nRELATED LINKS<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/uvmathletics.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/stats\/2026\/boston-university\/boxscore\/6793\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Box Score<\/a> <br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHOW IT HAPPENED<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tBoston University&#8217;s Keke Abai brought the pressure early, firing the first two shots of the match on net, using his left foot to try and pin the right corner, but Herceg was locked in, making two different\u00a0diving saves to punch the ball out of harms way, keeping the Terriers off the scoreboard.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Catamounts got their first scoring chance in the 27th minute of play when <a href=\"https:\/\/uvmathletics.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/jeremy-tsang\/11232\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11232\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Tsang<\/a> found <a href=\"https:\/\/uvmathletics.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/david-ismail\/11234\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11234\" target=\"_blank\">David Ismail<\/a> in the box. Ismail took the bouncing ball and attempted a bicycle kick, but his shot went slightly high of the net as the match remained scoreless.&#13;<br \/>\n\tIn the second half of play, both teams were trying to generate offense, but it was a story of the goalkeepers that prevailed. Boston University&#8217;s Ben Alexander made the lone save against Ismail in the 68th minute while Herceg successfully snagged all three of the Terriers shots on goal, seeing both teams settled for a 0-0 draw after the final buzzer.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nINSIDE THE BOX SCORE <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tHerceg made five saves on Tuesday night to secure his fourth shutout of the season and third consecutive. Herceg is now up to 20 career shutouts with Vermont.&#13;<br \/>\n\tIsmail led a team high two shots on goal.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uvmathletics.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/islam-houssni\/12432\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12432\" target=\"_blank\">Islam Houssni<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/uvmathletics.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/halim-bangura\/12439\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12439\" target=\"_blank\">Halim Bangura<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/uvmathletics.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/patrick-aguilar\/12444\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12444\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Aguilar<\/a> all played the full 90 minutes of play for UVM.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nUP NEXT<br \/>\nFollowing the win over Boston University, the Catamounts will get one week to prepare for their next match, staying on the road, traveling to Hempstead, NY to face Top 25 ranked Hofstra in a rematch of the 2025 NCAA Tournament Second Round. All the action for the nationally ranked bout will be broadcast on MSG.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nJoin the Catamounts on Tour as Men&#8217;s Soccer visits Hofstra!<br \/>\nVermont fans are invited to join us on Tuesday, September 15 from 5-6:30 for a pregame social with pizza and giveaways in the parking lot next to Captain&#8217;s Field at Hofstra University and then head into the game for the 7pm start!\u00a0 For more information and to let us know you plan to join us, please visit\u00a0<a data-ogsc=\"\" data-outlook-id=\"5e06f475-e5bd-478f-8987-2551a25e2bba\" href=\"https:\/\/uvmathletics.com\/sb_output.aspx?form=275\" title=\"https:\/\/uvmathletics.com\/sb_output.aspx?form=275\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">go.uvm.edu\/catsathofstra<\/a>!<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFor news and updates about the Vermont men&#8217;s soccer program, follow @UVMmsoccer on Instagram, X, and Facebook, and visit UVMathletics.com.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastrise.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">East Rise Credit Union<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0the presenting sponsor of Vermont soccer\u00a0is the presenting sponsor of Vermont soccer<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Hofstra 9\/15\/2026 | 7 p.m. &#13; MSG &#13; &#13; Sep. 15 (Tue)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":888613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-888612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}