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SOCCER FINAL SCORE
Bowdoin 2, Tufts 1
At Brunswick, ME
Friday, October 30, 2009
Game
Box Score
BRUNSWICK, Me. -- The Bowdoin College men's soccer team used a
pair of goals 86 seconds apart in the second half to take an
eventual 2-1 win over Tufts University on Friday afternoon. With
the win, the Polar Bears (10-3-1, 5-3-1) net the fourth seed for
the upcoming NESCAC Tournament and will host Trinity College in an
opening-round match on Sunday at 12:30. Tufts ends their season
with a record of 2-10-2 (0-8-1 NESCAC).
The game entered halftime scoreless, thanks in great part to the
efforts of Tufts junior defender Alex Hart (San
Francisco, CA). Bowdoin had a tremendous chance to break
into the scoring column just minutes into the game, when a gaffe by
Jumbo netminder Pat Tonelli
(Andover, MA) resulted in the ball trickling toward the
end line, where Hart stole a goal away from Bowdoin's Michael Gale
with a diving kick. Hart made another stop of a ball headed towards
an open goal in the second half, to keep the game scoreless.
Bowdoin finally broke through with a perfectly-placed cross from
Carl Woock to the toe of Peter Kelley, who netted it in the
top-left corner at 60:19. Just moments later, Woock earned another
assist with another well-placed cross, this time to the foot of
Nick Powell, who gave the Polar Bears a two-goal lead at 61:45.
Tufts junior Chris Flaherty (Duxbury, MA)
scored a late goal on a laser with 3:20 remaining to trim the lead
to a single goal. But Bowdoin maintained possession for the rest of
the contest, sealing the win.
Dan Hicks made five saves for Bowdoin before giving way to
Garrick Sheldon, who was not challenged. Tonelli stopped four shots
for Tufts in 48:20 while sophomore Alan
Bernstein (Wayne, NJ) made two saves and allowed both
goals in his 41:40 of action.
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