UNION, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | New Jersey City University snapped Kean University's shutout streak in the 20^th minute and led 1-0 at the half before Cougar rookie forward Sevag Kherlopian tied it in the 56^th minute and won it with a header in the 85^th as Kean rallied past NJCU, 2-1, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference men's soccer game under the lights on October 1 at Kean Alumni Stadium.
 
Kean (7-3-1, 2-1-0 NJAC) improved to a perfect 5-0 at home/ The Cougars outshot the Gothic Knights (1-8-3, 0-3-0 NJAC). NJCU is winless in eight straight and has dropped its last three. Kean had allowed only seven goals in 10 games with back-to-back 4-0 shutouts over Vassar and The College of New Jersey entering play.
 NJCU, which had been shutout in three straight games, ended a scoreless minutes streak of 367:27 when junior All-New Jersey Athletic Conference midfielder Aboubacar Diawara (Bayonne, NJ/Bayonne) scored his fourth goal of the year at the 19:01 mark. Sophomore midfielder Kevin Cavalcanti (Teaneck, NJ/Paramus Catholic), who notched his first assist of the season, made a long pass over everyone on the left side, springing Diawara loose for a 1-0 lead.
 
Diawara's goal ended Kean's shutout streak of 213:00. NJCU was outshot, 10-7, in the first half but held a 1-0 lead at the break.
 
Kevin Olaya assisted on both Kean goals and helped the Cougars tie it in the 56^th minute. After a restart by Richard Zapata, Olaya made a one-touch to Sevag Kherlopian who slipped a pass under Krychkowski for his fourth goal of the year.
 
Kean won it in the 85^th minute. Off a free kick, Olaya served a ball into the box and Kherlopian headed home the go-ahead tally. His fifth goal of the season proved to be his third game-winner.

 
For NJCU, junior converted goalkeeper Tyler Krychkowski (North Arlington, NJ/North Arlington) made four saves. NJCU put seven of its 11 opportunities on net, and Nick Pavlichko collected six saves.
 
QUOTES:
NJCU head coach Patrick Snyder (third season): "I thought the boys worked very hard and we had good chances. This was probably the best game we played."
 
OF NOTE:

• Kean leads the all-time series, 35-18-3.
• Aboubacar Diawara has scored four of NJCU's eight goals on the season.
• NJCU had scored its fewest goals through 12 games (eight) since 1993 (seven) and 1995 (six).
• NJCU has lost five one-goal games this season.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
NJCU returns home on Saturday, October 4 at 1 p.m. to face first-place Rutgers University-Newark on Alumni Day at the Robert L. McNulty Memorial Soccer Field. RUN is 10-2 overall and 3-0 in the NJAC—tied for first place with Montclair State. RUN has won 10 consecutive games since an 0-2 start. The Scarlet Raiders will enter the game as the highest ranked NJAC team. RUN is fourth in the NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division III Men's South Atlantic poll (September 30, poll No. 5). The Raiders received three votes in the NSCAA Top 25—equivalent to a No. 27 ranking. RUN received 12 votes in the D3soccer.com Top 25 poll (equivalent to a No. 34 listing).
 
Newark will be without star forward Raphael Araujo, last year's co-NJAC Offensive Player of the Year. The three-time NJAC Offensive Player of the Week (seven times in career) and one-time National Player of the Week picked up his fifth yellow card of the season in Wednesday's 3-0 win over Ramapo College and must sit out of his next game. The former Gothic Knight (2011-12) currently leads the NJAC in scoring (13 goals, 28 points).