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SOMERVILLE, Mass - The Williams College men's soccer team
surrendered two first-half scores before falling 3-1 in a
conference matchup with Tufts University Friday. The win snaps the
Jumbos (overall: 6-4-1, NESCAC: 2-4-0) thirteen game winless streak
against the Ephs, who drop to 7-3-1 overall and 4-2-0 NESCAC.
The Ephs had the advantage in shots (Williams: 19, Tufts: 9),
corner kicks (Williams: 11, Tufts: 4), and fouls (Williams: 7,
Tufts: 13) but Tufts keeper David McKeon's nine saves and rare
assist helped insure the Tufts victory.
"I was very disappointed in our performance today. We came out
flat and it showed in the result." Remarked Eph coach Mike Russo.
"Tufts played us tough and they are an excellent team - we just
needed a much better team-effort to beat them."
The Jumbos jumped out to a 1-0 lead just 10:17 into the game,
when a Peter DeGregorio through pass found a streaking Dan
Schoening who bested Eph keeper Andrew Graham (3 saves)
one-on-one.
Despite controlling possession and outshooting the Jumbos in the
first half, the Ephs were unable to knock in a goal, while Tufts
managed to build on their advantage. This time with under five
minutes remaining in the half, when a defensive miscue by the Ephs
allowed Jumbo forward Ron Colman an unimpeded path to the goal and
he gave Tufts a 2-0 lead.
However, the Ephs could muster little more for the large
majority of the second half. It was a final Tufts score in the
87th minute, which ballooned their advantage to 3-0,
that finally galvanized the Eph offense - which promptly responded
forty seven seconds later with a Colin Ainsworth score to cut the
deficit to where it would remain at 3-1.
The Ephs have now gone winless in their last two contests, going
0-1-1 in that time.
The Ephs will try to curb the trend, but will have to bounce
back quick. Their next game is Sunday, October 18th,
where they will travel to Maine to faceoff against their conference
rival Colby Mules. That game is scheduled for 1:30 PM.
