Box Score
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Southern Connecticut State University men's soccer team beat Assumption with a late comeback to pull off a 3-1 victory.
RECORDS: SCSU (6-1-2, 4-0-2 NE10) | ASSUMPTION (4-6, 2-4 NE10)
FIRST HALF
The Greyhounds struck first in the 11
th minute of the game, an early cross was headed in off the left post, 1-0. It was an exciting first half with plenty of opportunities for both team with 11 shots in total, but the scoreboard stayed 1-0 Greyhounds led going into the half.
SECOND HALF
The Owls outshot the Greyhounds 13 to 3 in the second half, but remained scoreless with ten minutes left in the game. In the 80
th minute Sophomore
Zak Wright (East Haddam, Conn.) scored a header off a freekick from freshman
Ignasi Cererols (Barcelona, Spain) to tie the game. This late goal sparked the Owls as they created another chance five minutes later from a corner kick where freshman Kevin Van Der Pol (Drammen, Buskerud, Norway) got on the end of Cererols cross to put the Owls up, 2-1.
With less than five minutes left in the game southern would score a third from senior Louis Greenway-Tambini (Nottingham, England) off a low cross from
Ignacio Navarro to put the Owls up by two with three minutes left in the second half.
Greenway-Tambini's goal would complete the Owls comeback and secure the win to remain undefeated in the NE10 conference.
UP NEXT
The Owls head to St. Michael's in Colchester, VT, with the game set to start at 3 p.m.
