Ray Reid Earns 150th Victory

STORRS, Conn. � Ray Reid owes his 150th win at the University of Connecticut to Akeem Priestley. That�s because the UConn midfielder�s goal with nine seconds remaining Saturday gave his team a 1-0 victory over Florida International and his coach his milestone win.

The goal finally came late in the 89th minute when Ryan Cordeiro played the ball to O�Brian White inside the penalty area. White sent a pass over to Priestley towards the middle of the box and he managed to launch it through a sea of FIU defenders into the lower left side of the goal.

The Huskies tallied their third-straight shutout and improved to 4-0 on the year, matching their best start to a season under Reid and best since going 4-0 in 2005.

Reid is now 150-56-17 at UConn � the best mark in the NCAA during that time � and is just four wins away from reaching the 300-win plateau for his career (296-73-32).

Priestley's goal punctuated yet another offensive onslaught by UConn this season. The Huskies outshot FIU, 25-4 Saturday night, creating an overall 75-10 advantage through the first four games of the year. All but one starting field player put up a shot Saturday night.

Husky goalkeeper Josh Ford made just one save to earn the shutout and the freshman now holds a 0.50 goals-against average with shutouts on the season.

UConn returns to action Wednesday night against Hofstra at 7:00 p.m. in Morrone Stadium.

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