CAMBRIDGE — The Sugar River Raiders are a step closer to a Capitol Conference title after a 2-1 win over Cambridge-Deerfield-Waterloo on Tuesday, Oct. 7. 

Tikeh Tazeh scored a goal on a penalty kick at 29:18 in the first half for the Raiders. The two teams were tied 1-1 at halftime. In the second half, Owen Griffin scored what proved to be the winning goal with an assist by Tazeh at 61:50. Sugar River’s defense shut out CDW the rest of the way.

Taydon DeRouin had 11 saves for the Raiders. Sugar River had 10 shots on goal while the Blue Jays had eight

The win puts Sugar River in the driver’s seat for the Capitol Conference title. The Raiders (11-3-1, 5-1) hosted Lodi at New Glarus on Thursday, Oct. 9 in the final conference game of the season.