Box Score THE BASICS
-Score: Assumption University 3, Maine Fort Kent 3 (2OT)
-Records: Assumption (0-1-1), Bloomfield (1-0-1)
-Location: Worcester, Mass. (Brian Kelly '83 Stadium)
-The Lead: The Assumption University men's soccer team continued their 2021 season at home on Wednesday night in a non-conference match-up with the Bengals of Maine Fort-Kent. The Greyhounds battled back from down 3-1, scoring the equalizer with 1:28 left to go.
HOW IT HAPPENED
-Maine Fort Kent opened up scoring with a goal in the 35th-minute. The Bengals used a throw-in in the attacking half and threw a deep ball into the box that was headed onto junior Ronaldo Watson in the middle of the box who volleyed it home off a Hounds defender and deflected into the net.
-Assumption answered in the 22nd minute off a corner kick. First year Jesus Guarcas (Providence, RI/Classical) sent a ball into the box and there was a scramble for it but eventually found the foot of senior Kevin Hernandez (San Juan, P.R. / Colegio San Jose) who found the back of the net to tie the game at one. It was Hernandez' second goal of the season in similar fashion.
-With four minutes left in the half, freshman Adil Iggoute picked up a pass from the right side at the top of the 18yard box, created space from his defender and found room to the right of Assumption goalkeeper, Francisco Teixeira (Sao Paulo, Brazil / Vera Cruz), to give the 2-1 lead to the Bengals heading into the halftime break.
-Iggoute found the net again in the second half this time taking the ball from the left side, creating space yet again and firing a shot to the left of Teixeira to give the Bengals a 3-1 lead.
-The Hounds continued to pressure Fort Kent and it proved crucial. Winning a corner kick in the 83rd minute, Mauro Cortez (Providence, R.I. / La Salle Academy) stepped up to take the set piece. As the ball was sent in, an Assumption player was fouled going for the ball and in result, the Hounds were awarded a penalty kick.
-Hernandez stepped up to the spot and calmly executed the penalty slotting the ball low and to the left to give him his second goal of the night and third of the season.
-With 1:28 left in the game, the Hounds had another corner looking to create more magic off a set piece. This time senior Ruben Faria (Fall River, Mass/Bishop Connolly) stepped up and took a quick corner laying it off to junior Matthew Dion (South Windsor, Conn. / South Windsor). Dion swung a ball into the box and found the head of first year defenseman Jake Moriarty (East Longmeadow/Longmeadow) to tie the game and send the bench and fans into a frenzy.
-The two overtime periods saw little action with both teams having tired legs and tempers flaring in the second overtime.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
-Both Assumption and Maine Fort Kent had 16 shots.
-The Hounds were awarded 9 corner kicks while the Bengels took 2.
-Junior Pedro Ivaskoski made five saves in net for Maine Fort-Kent.
UP NEXT
-Assumption travels to Bentley on Tuesday, September 14th, in their first Northeast-10 Conference game of the year.
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