IMMACULATA, Pa.- The Immaculata men's soccer team returned to action on Tuesday evening against non-league foe Rutgers-Camden. Rutgers-Camden opened the scoring with an early first half goal and this tally held up as the Scarlet Raptors escaped with a slim 1-0 victory over Immaculata on Tuesday night.

In the first half, Rutgers-Camden opened the scoring with a goal in the 8^th minute off the foot of Khylei Neal following a cross into the box from Ian Bialy, which gave the Scarlet Raptors an early 1-0 lead. Rutgers-Camden continued to apply pressure for the remainder of the first half, outshooting Immaculata by a 7-1 margin but the Immaculata defense led by senior goalkeeper Garrett Pepper was up to the task as they limited Rutgers-Camden to its one lone goal to trail by just one heading into the halftime break.

Early in the second half, in the 54^th minute, Immaculata generated an excellent scoring opportunity as Zachary Malcolm found his way on to the other end of a cross into the box but his shot went just high, to allow Rutgers-Camden to preserve its shutout for at least a few minutes more. In the 62^nd minute, Rutgers-Camden generated a great scoring opportunity off a free kick from just outside the box as Quincy Attobrah was able to get a head on but Pepper was able to make a leaping save on the goal line to keep the score locked at 1-0 nearing the midway point of the second half.

In the 75^th minute, Rutgers-Camden generated another strong chance with shot from the wing by Skyler Diggs but Pepper once again made a leaping save to punch the chance just over the bar to keep the score where it was and force a Rutgers-Camden corner. This corner would be the first of three consecutive corner kicks for the Scarlet Raptors but Immaculata stood tall defensively to keep Rutgers-Camden off the scoreboard and keep the score at 1-0 as the game neared the 80^th minute.

Immaculata generated a pair of strong chances in the closing 20 seconds of regulation but Rutgers-Camden withstood the late charge to escape with a slim 1-0 victory.
Rutgers-Camden ended the contest with a 16-3 edge in shots and a 9-4 edge in corner kicks.

Pepper ended the night with three saves while his counterpart Sean Boen did not need to make a save en route to the victory.

Immaculata will be back in action on the road on Thursday afternoon when the team visits McDaniel for a 4 p.m. start.