KEENE, N.H. 10/13/10 – The Keene State College men's soccer team lost a 1-0 non-conference game to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Owl Athletic Complex on Wednesday night.

Keene State, which has scored just two goals in its last five games, falls to 8-4-2.  RPI, coached by former Owl Adam Clinton, improves to 6-3-2.

Sophomore Zach Fane (Troy, N.Y.) scored the only goal of the game at the 15:03 mark of the first half.   Fane went around the right side and sent a crossing ball into the box that deflected off a KSC defender into the net.

Fane had an chance to add to Engineers' lead early in the second half, but his close-range shot was blocked by a pair of Owl defenders. Later in the game, KSC senior goalie Tom Conran (South Windsor, Conn.) turned aside consecutive shots by Benjamin Poser (Scotts Valley, Ca.) at the side of the net.

Freshman Scott Douglas (East Greenwich, R.I.) had one of the few offensive opportunities for KSC, which had just one shot on goal in the game. Douglas cut in on a partial break, but RPI senior goalie Alex Penny beat him to the ball.

RPI outshot KSC 11-4 while the Owls had a slim 4-3 advantage in corner kicks.

Sophomore Nick Allman (Newburyport, Mass.) started in goal for KSC and made one save in the first half. Conran took over in the second half and finished with four saves.

Penny made one save for RPI on the way to notching his sixth shutout of the season.

Both teams return to action on Saturday.  Keene State hosts UMass-Boston in a Little East game.  RPI travels to Clark University.