Box Score
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Junior Matt
Blumenthal's second goal of the year tied the score at 1-1 for
Tufts
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MEDFORD -- Plymouth State University senior Tommy Schrey
(Munich, Germany) scored to tie the game in the 79th minute and and
then won it with a golden goal early in the overtime session as the
visiting Panthers earned a 3-2 come-from-behind victory at Tufts in
non-league men's soccer action on Tuesday night at Bello Field.
With Plymouth trailing 2-1 during an action-packed second half,
Schrey volleyed a free kick from freshman Anders Olsson (Sturefors,
Sweden) past Tufts keeper Zach Cousens
(Contocook, NH) to tie the score at 2-2 with 11:29 remaining in the
second half. Panther senior goalie Dan Salzar (Dover, NH) did his
part by saving Tufts shots from Kameron Jaff
(Dubai, UAE) and Jono Edelman
(Memphis, TN) in the final minutes of regulation. Edelman also had
a late header of a cross that sailed just wide and the game went
into overtime.
The Panthers ended it quickly when Shrey ran up on a beautiful
ball into open space by KC Haywood (Lansdale, PA) and plunked it
past a converging Cousens for the winner just 1:23 into OT.
Plymouth, who hadn't scored in three previous contests, knotched
their season-high for goals with the game-winning third.
While Plymouth State improved to 3-6-1 with their first victory
in four games, Tufts dropped to 4-3-1 with their first loss in four
games. The hosts' three-game winning streak had been their longest
since 2006. Tonight's game marked the second straight year that
Plymouth came back on Tufts in the final 15 minutes, following last
year's 2-1 final in which PSU scored twice on late penalty
kicks.
Playing in a steady mist of rain, Plymouth had scored first in
the seventh minute when sophomore Alex Martins (Pawcatuck, CT) was
on the spot to drill a free ball in the box into an open net. Tufts
tied the score at 1-1 as junior Matt
Blumenthal (Simsbury, CT) stole the ball from a defender and
beat Salzer to the low left. Late in the half, Tufts sophomore Michael
Walker (Los Altos, CA) launched a long free kick into the goal
mouth that was redirected on net forcing Salzar to make a save.
Early in the second half, Plymouth's Kabiru Yahaya (Abuja,
Nigeria) went in alone on Cousens, but his chip shot was blocked as
the Tufts keeper challenged. Tufts gained a 2-1 advantage when
senior Ben
Green (Burlington, VT) scored on a free kick for the second
straight game, putting his shot into the upper left corner in the
51st minute.
Both teams created several scoring opportunities as the second
half went on, including a Plymouth State free kick into a crowd
that Jaff booted away from the goal line.
Tufts finished with advantages of 13-8 in shots and 9-3 in
corner kicks. Salzer stopped four shots in the Panther cage, while
Cousens recorded one save at the other end for Tufts.
The Jumbos return to NESCAC action when they travel to Colby
College for a 2:30 contest on Saturday (Oct. 9). Plymouth plays
Little East Conference foe Rhode Island College on Saturday at 1
pm.
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