| 10/8/2005 2:12:28 PM

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ROCHESTER, NY - Chris Holden's goal in the 76th minute lifted visting Ithaca College (6-3-0, 3-0-0 Empire 8) to a 1-0 win over host RIT (5-5-2, 2-1-0 Empire 8) in a battle of Empire 8 unbeaten men's soccer teams at RIT Field on Saturday.

Holden took a pass from Hugo Valencia and found himself wide open at the side of the RIT net.  He waited for RIT goalkeeper Chris Rouland (Center Valley, PA/Southern Lehigh) (Center Valley, PA/Southern Lehigh) to commit and then ripped a shot just under the crossbar for his first goal of the season.

Ithaca out-shot RIT 12-7 and had six shots on goal to RIT's one.  The Bombers extended their Empire 8 regular season unbeaten streak to 24 games, dating back to the 2001 season.

Dan Beca (Canandaigua, NY/Canandaigua Academy) (Canadaigua, NY/Canadaigua), Geoff Schmidt (Wooster, OH/Wooster) (Wooster, OH/Wooster) and Jorge Ciurlizza (McLean, VA/Gonzaga) recorded two shots apiece for the Tigers.

Rouland finished with four saves.  Tiger defender Chris Somers (Spencerport, NY/Spencerport) (Spencerport, NY/Spencerport) also made a save on an Ithaca shot by Mark Jeffries late in the first half, sweeping the ball off the goal line to keep the game scoreless.

Eric Ferguson made one save for Ithaca, recording his sixth shutout of the season.

RIT is back in action on Saturday, October 15th, as they travel to play Empire 8 rival Elmira College.  Game-time is at 12 p.m.