Box Score
NEW LONDON, N.H. – October 10, 2009- The Colby-Sawyer men's soccer team came back from a 1-0 deficit with two second half goals to earn a 2-1 victory over Eastern Nazarene, in The Commonwealth Coast Conference action on Saturday afternoon. Colby-Sawyer improves to 2-10 overall and 1-7 in the conference, while Eastern Nazarene falls to 0-12-1 overall and 0-7-1 in TCCC play.
Eastern Nazarene struck first in the 15th minute thanks to some beautiful touch passing. Sophomore Corey Knudsen (West Wareham, Mass.) drove the ball down the left flank and passed to senior Daniel Messia (Randolph, Mass.) who was entering the box. Messia instantly flicked the ball to sophomore Charles Dybaud (Quincy, Mass.) who finished the job, firing the ball into the net.
The Colby-Sawyer offense controlled the tempo for the remainder of the first half and held a 12-5 advantage in shots but could not come up with the equalizer. Lions' goalie Andrew Trice (Quincy, Mass.) made five of his seven saves in the first half to maintain the 1-0 lead.
The Chargers tied the game at 1-1 in the 60
th minute when Trice came outside of the six yard box attempting to punch a bounding ball away, but slipped and fell to the ground. Luckily for the Chargers, freshman
James Longe (Richford, Vt.) continued on his run past the keeper and calmly struck the ball into the net.
Colby-Sawyer pulled ahead in the 74
th minute on a play that began with a corner kick from senior
Pete Duff (Greensboro, N.C.). Duff sent the ball from the right corner towards the far end of the goalpost into a group of players. Freshman
Kevin Molinaro (Harvard, Mass.) controlled the ball with his back to the net and proceeded to kick the ball backwards to find fellow freshman
Jesse Phillips (Arlington, Va.). Phillips did the rest, finding the back of the net for the game-winner and his first career collegiate goal.
Colby-Sawyer keeper
Chris Feltes (Manchester, N.H.) finished the match with three saves.
Colby-Sawyer will host non-conference opponent, Bowdoin, on Monday October 12 at 4:00pm. Eastern Nazarene will travel to Endicott on Wednesday.
