MEDFORD -- Senior *Dan Schoening (Kenmore, WA) *headed in the
golden
goal with 4:19 to play in the first overtime period, giving the
Tufts
University men's soccer team its first victory of the season with a
2-1
final over Suffolk University on Tuesday night under the lights at
Bello
Field.
With Tufts owning all of the momentum in the overtime, junior
*Mike
Fitzgerald (Arlington, MA) *drilled a shot on which Suffolk keeper
Jack
DeJesus (Swampscott, MA) made an excellent save. However, the
ball
bounced to Schoening and he headed it into the goal just below
the
crossbar to end it. The goal was the first of the season for
Schoening,
and it made amends for a penalty shot that he missed in the first
half
and another golden opportunity in overtime on which his shot sailed
high
and wide.
Both teams scored within the first three minutes. Tufts jumped out
to a
1-0 lead just 1:40 into the match when sophomore *Matt
Blumenthal
(Simsbury, CT) *scored on a rebound off the post following a shot
by
junior *Ron Coleman (North Haven, CT)*. However, the lead lasted
less
than a minute. Suffolk's *Nick Celia (Hanson, MA) *sent a pass over
the
top from the midfield that senior *Bernhard Lotterer (Lima,
Peru)
*collected and put a low shot past Tonelli at 2:33.
After the quick start, play was scoreless for the next 93
minutes.
However, the action was back and forth all night. Tufts finished
with a
17-7 advantage in shots and 9-4 in corner kicks. Tufts senior
goalie
*Pat Tonelli (Andover, MA) *made three saves and DeJesus finished
with
seven. Both squads had defenders who made saves when the keepers
were
out of position.
The Jumbos improve to 1-4-1 overall and Suffolk drops to 4-2-2
(Story courtesy of Tufts Athletics Communications)