Flushing, N.Y. (September 20^th, 2012) – After being rained out Tuesday afternoon, the Knights men's soccer team made up their ECC opener against St. Thomas Aquinas. The match ended in a scoreless draw after two overtime periods, putting the Knights at 2-1-2 on the 2012 season (0-0-1 in ECC).

The game was a physical battle throughout with clear scoring opportunities few and far between.  The Knights matched up well despite a slow start to the game. In the latter stages of the first half, Queens started to gain momentum as senior Danny Stoker and junior Jose Lopez caused the STAC Spartan defense some problems. Freshman Paul Sandoval had a scoring chance in the half for the Knights but to no avail. With the game scoreless after one half, a firm right-footed shot in the second half by junior Tyler Iocco was saved by the STAC keeper and regulation ended with the game still tied 0-0.

Despite both teams' efforts to break the deadlock in the first and second OT periods, the defenses continued to have the upper hand, eventually causing the gsme to end in a deadlock 0-0 draw.

The Knights did, however, earn a hard-fought first point in conference play and extended their unbeaten streak to 4 games heading into another conference match-up on Saturday at Dowling College.