UTICA, N.Y.  – Russell Sage College Men's Soccer was blanked 3-0 at Utica on Wednesday night.

Freshman goalkeeper Mateja Milutin (Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia/The Kiski School) (5-4-2), announced as the Empire 8 Conference's Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, made two saves, while junior forward Dimitri Gogas (Merrick, NY/W.C. Mepham), sophomore midfielder Anthony Geis (Newburgh, NY/Our Lady of Lourdes), and  senior forward Joel Tshiamala (Banyoles, Girona, Spain/Sports EDU/Marietta) took two shots each. 

Forward Byamungu Mugushu netted all three of the Utica (6-3-2/3-1-2 E8) goals.

RSC (6-4-2/1-3-2 E8), in the midst of a stretch of four out of five contests being away from home, visits Nazareth on Saturday.

Gator Bites with Papa John's: Head coach Amir Pasic is in his fourth season at the helm of the Gators…RSC is coming off an appearance in the Quarterfinals of the 2024 Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament…21 players are back from last autumn…There are 11 newcomers on this year's squad...Sophomore Logan Diebold (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville South) was selected the Empire 8 Conference Defensive Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, September 14…He factored into both RSC goals of 2-1 E8 win vs. SUNY Brockport on September 13…The Gators got off to a 5-1-1 start, the best record to begin a season since joining the E8 in 2017...Milutin was chosen an E8 Defensive Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, October 5...He totaled eight saves across 180:00 shutout minutes.