Sunday, November 01, 2009
Box Score
MEN'S SOCCER ENDS SEASON
WITH THRILLING 2-1 DOUBLE OVERTIME VICTORY AT ROBERT
MORRIS
MOON TOWNSHIP, PA - The Bryant
University men's soccer team ended their season on a high note
Sunday afternoon as they defeated Northeast Conference foe Robert
Morris on a game winning goal scored in the 109th minute by
Matt Brown (South Easton, Mass.)
The Bulldogs, who made huge improvements on last year's
inaugural D1 season, end the 2009 campaign with a 5-12-1 record
overall and a 3-6-1 mark in the conference.
Bryant made the most of one of its few first half opportunities
when Nicholas Parisi (Holbrook, N.Y.) played a
swinging ball to the center of the box on a free kick from 25 yards
out. Senior Neil Black (Roslyn Heights, N.Y.) was
able to out-jump everyone in the box and direct his header back
toward the near post, giving the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead in the 16th
minute. It was Black's second goal of the season.
The Bulldogs held the 1-0 lead until the 59th minute when the
Colonials' Neil Shaffer was taken down inside the Bryant box and
awarded a penalty shot. Shaffer shot the ball low and into the left
side of the goal for the equalizer.
At the end of 90 minutes the score remained the same. Bryant
tallied the game-winner in the 109th minute when Sean
Kaukas (Glastonbury, Conn.) played a short cross into the
box where Brown was making his run. Brown shot into the wide open
net to give the Bulldogs a thrilling double overtime victory. The
goal was Brown's third of the season and his second game winner.
Junior keeper Victor Tutino (Deer Park, N.Y.)
recorded 12 saves in the contest as the Colonials outshot the
Bulldogs 22-16.
Be on the lookout for a Bulldog men's soccer season roundup.
