FRANKLIN, Mass. - The Albertus Magnus College men's soccer team earned a hard-fought 1-1 tie in its Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) road contest against Dean College at Lippert Field on Wednesday evening.
THE BASICS
FINAL: Albertus Magnus 1 | Dean College 1
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (7-3-4, 5-2-3 GNAC) | Dean (4-6-2, 2-5-2 GNAC)
BOX SCORE
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Falcons' offense looked for a chance to get on the board early as the blue-and-white reeled off seven shot attempts, including two on shots goal from Kelvin Cortez (Meriden, Conn.) and one from Ben Pierce (Meriden, Conn.), over the first 16 minutes of play.
- Solid defensive work from the Bulldog backline kept the Falcons' off the scoreboard and the score knotted at zero.
- In the 28th minute, after a failed clear attempt by the Falcon defense, Dean's Jake Richard sent a ball towards the lower right corner of the net, giving the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead.
- The Falcons looked to quickly respond to the Bulldogs' goal later in the stanza as both Cortez and Yahya Kardad (Wallingford, Conn.) each had opportunities to even the game, but the visitors headed into the halftime break trailing 1-0.
- The first 20 minutes of the second half were controlled by the Bulldogs, who outshot the visitors, 4-3.
- The momentum slowly began to shift in favor of the Falcons as the blue-and-white recorded back-to-back shot attempts, less than two minutes apart, before Anthony Barreira (Trumbull, Conn.) connected on a thru ball from Cortez, evening the game at 1-1 in the 66th minute.
- With the clock ticking down, Albertus was unable to bury a second goal despite holding the edge in shots and corner kicks, with the match ending in a 1-1 stalemate.
BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus - David Lucero (T, 6-3-2): 3 Shots on Goal | 1 Goal-Against | 2 Saves | 90:00
Dean - Jake Godwin (T, 1-1-1): 5 Shots on Goal | 1 Goal-Against | 4 Saves | 90:00
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Albertus outshot Dean, 17-9.
- The Falcons held the advantage in corner kicks, 9-3.
- Albertus finished the game with 11 fouls, compared to Dean's 10.
- Albertus' backline posted a 5-3 edge in saves.
NOTEWORTHY
- This is the third all-time meeting between the two teams.
- The all-time series record is now 2-0-1 in favor of the Falcons.
- Lucero recorded his 13th start in net.
- Barreira's goal was his first of the season.
- Cortez tallied his third assist of the fall campaign and extended his points total to 17.
UP NEXT
The Falcons return to the field on Saturday, Oct. 15, with a GNAC home showdown against the AMCATS of Anna Maria College as part of Homecoming & Family Weekend. Game time is set for 2:30PM in New Haven, Conn.