BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. – Junior Richie Harvey's (Standish, Maine) goal with 3:38 remaining capped a furious comeback in the final four-plus minutes of play and lifted Wentworth to a 3-2 non-league college men's soccer victory over Massachusetts Maritime Wednesday evening at Clean Harbors Stadium.
The visiting Leopards (2-1-2) netted two goals in a 56 second span with under five minutes remaining to post the triumph, as the host Buccaneers (0-4) had taken a 1-0 lead just 12:30 into the contest on junior Derek Young's (Falmouth, Mass.) first tally of the season. Wentworth evened matters in the 76th minute of play when freshman Nick Cotter (Sandwich, Mass.) converted a feed from senior John Geleski (Wayne, N.J.) for his third goal of the year, but Massachusetts Maritime regained the advantage with 7:32 remaining on junior Tim McDonough's (Framingham, Mass.) first marker of the fall that was set up on a pass from freshman Rob Robbs (Braintree, Mass.). The Leopards evened matters again with 4:34 to play, as senior Josh Deschene (Webster, Mass.) converted a penalty kick after a foul in the box (his second tally of the season) to set up Harvey's heroics, as his shot from the left side on a Cotter feed proved to be the game-winner.
Junior John Longo (Needham, Mass.) picked up the win in goal for Wentworth with a four-save effort, while sophomore Brett Young (Falmouth, Mass.) made six stops in net in the setback for Massachusetts Maritime as the Leopards outshot the Buccaneers by a 12-11 margin for the match.
Massachusetts Maritime opens Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference play on Saturday afternoon by heading to Framingham, Mass. to take on Framingham State in a league match that begins at Noon, while Wentworth hosts the University of New England in a Commonwealth Coast Conference match on Saturday afternoon at Sweeney Field in Boston that begins at 3:00 p.m.
(Release Courtesy of Mass. Maritime Sports Information)
Goals by period 1 2 Tot
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Wentworth........... 0 3 - 3
Mass. Maritime...... 1 1 - 2
SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 12:30 MMA Derek Young (1) (unassisted)
2. 75:26 WIT Nick Cotter (3) (John Geleski)
3. 82:28 MMA Tim McDonough (1) (Rob Robbs)
4. 85:26 WIT Josh Deschene (2) (Penalty kick)
5. 86:22 WIT Richie Harvey (1) (Nick Cotter)
Shots: Wentworth 12, Mass. Maritime 11
Saves: Wentworth 4 (John Longo 4), Mass. Maritime 6 (Brett Young 6)
