BALTIMORE - UMBC men's soccer overcame two one-goal deficits in the final 11:02 to secure a 3-3 draw in Tuesday night's season finale versus NJIT. UMBC honored four student-athletes:
Tancredi Fadda,
Aidom Tadesse,
Shea Nesbitt, and
Moritz Krug in a Senior Night ceremony prior to the contest.
After Diogo Rebelo's second goal of the second half put NJIT ahead 2-1, UMBC battled back to earn the draw as
Flynn Holdem scored two goals in the final 8:39. Holdem's first goal tied the contest at 2-2 in the 81st minute as he received a feed from
Aidom Tadesse and used a bit of craft to keep the ball inside the end line and beat the NJIT keeper, Andre Faerman.
Zain Thompson scored for the Highlanders in the 83rd minute, putting them back in position to win the match and claim the America East regular season crown, but in the 89th minute,
Jonas Nistad took a corner kick and placed it perfectly on the near post for Holdem to punch home, tying the match at 3-3 and earning the draw for the Retrievers.
UMBC led the match 1-0 at halftime, thanks to Fadda's second goal of the season as he blasted a strike past Faerman with assists from
Gunder Miller and
Abdul Kamara.
For the contest, UMBC outshot NJIT 24-18, with each team putting eight shots on goal. Faerman and
Joe Pollard each made five saves in the contest.
In a tightly packed America East, Holdem's second goal dropped NJIT from the regular-season championship and top seed in the conference tournament to the fourth seed.
The Retrievers conclude the 2026 campaign with a 3-8-3 record.
