Malburg Scores but Men’s Soccer Nipped By RPI, 3-1

MCLA’s Jacob Malburg scored his third goal of the season but the Trailblazers fell to RPI this evening 3-1.

Jacob Malburg scored his third goal of the season this evening at RPI.
Jacob Malburg scored his third goal of the season this evening at RPI.
October 21, 2025
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TROY, N.Y. — The MCLA Men's Soccer was on the road this afternoon, traveling to RPI for a non-conference clash with the Engineers at ECAV Stadium. The Trailblazers scored first but saw the Engineers rally back for three goals, winning 3-1.

THE BASICS:

  • Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025
  • Score: MCLA 1, RPI 3
  • Records: MCLA Trailblazers 3-10-0 (MASCAC 1-5-0) | Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute Engineers 4-5-5 (Liberty 1-2-3)
  • Series History: RPI leads the all-time series 6-0-1. The Engineers took the last meeting of the teams by the score of 2-0 on September 19, 2012, in Troy. The teams tied 0-0 the first time they ever met on September 18, 2004, also in Troy.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • MCLA opened the scoring about 15 and a half minutes into the game. Senior Jacob Malburg (Amesbury, MA) started the play by taking a ball of the foot of an RPI player following a nonchalant pass by an Engineer near midfield. The Trailblazers' Noah Poulin (Coventry, CT) and Marcos Lopez (Albany, NY) each chipped the ball through the midfield, with Lopez rewarding Malburg for forcing the turnover. Lopez then slipped the ball between two defenders and to Malburg in stride about 30 yards from the goal. Malburg (16', assisted by Lopez and Poulin) then held off a defender and put the ball into the lower left corner of the goal.
  • The MCLA lead would hold up until just before half time when the Engineers found an equalizer. The goal was credited to Ben Tymeson (44', Joshua Jarden).
  • RPI then took a lead about 20 minutes into the second half on a goal by Olivier Szorc (65', Gavin Jell). The Engineers added an insurance goal with just over seven minutes off the foot of Noah Gregory (83', Szorc).
  • Trailblazers' keeper Michael Harris (Adams, MA) made his first career start and stopped 11 shots but still saw his record drop to 0-1-0. RPI's Antonio Spina stopped two of the three shots he faced to improve to 2-2-0.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

  • Shots: MCLA 4, RPI 26
  • Saves: MCLA 11, RPI 2
  • Corner Kicks: MCLA 0, RPI 9
  • Fouls: MCLA 9, RPI 9

UP NEXT:

On Saturday, MCLA will be back in action when they travel to Salem State for a MASCAC matchup with the Vikings at Alumni Field. The teams will take the pitch for a noon kickoff.

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