Box Score
BABSON PARK, Mass. - The Williams College men's soccer team used
a pair of first half scores to survive a fierce Bason comeback and
earn the 2-1 victory at Hartwell-Rogers Field Sunday. The Ephs,
ranked third in New England and 19th in the nation by
NSCAA, preserve their unblemished record and improve to 5-0-1
overall (2-01 NESCAC). The Beavers saw their five game win streak
snapped and fall to 6-3-0 overall.
Williams dominated in the first half of play, scoring two goals
while mounting a 13-3 shot advantage. Will Whiston scored the first
goal at 15:41, as he headed a free kick by Gaston Kelly into the
upper right corner after a Babson foul near midfield. The Ephs then
struck again just over a minute later, as another foul just outside
the box enabled Pierre Meloty-Kapella to bend a shot around the
wall and inside the left post at 16:58.
Babson cut its deficit in half early in the second stanza, as
Billy Nickerson one-timed a thru ball past the Williams defense to
teammate Ayo Iwuagwu who found himself alone with Eph keeper Andrew
Lyons-Berg and squeaked a low runner into the corner of the net at
52:59.
Babson would channel the momentum into an increasingly
aggressive attack, ultimately producing three excellent chances to
tie the match. The first came when Ian Siekman's header off a
corner kick sailed just over the cross bar at 58:42. Nickerson then
fired a shot just wide of the left post off a header from Dan
Fogarty with two minutes remaining in regulation, and Chris Morris'
header off another Fogarty cross went just wide of the same post
with four seconds left to play.
Williams outshot Babson, 25-11, in the contest. Babson keeper
Peter Crowley stopped five of those shots in net for the Beavers,
while Eph keeper Andrew Graham made one save while playing all but
11 minutes in goal.
The Ephs will get a week to recover from a successful two day
span wherein they produced eight scores and went 2-0. However, next
weekend the Ephs will return to conference action when they travel
to Amherst to battle their arch rival the Lord Jeffs. That game is
scheduled for a 2:30 PM kick off on Saturday, October
3rd.
