WALTHAM, Mass. -- Carnegie Mellon junior Ricky Griffin
(Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.) scored once in each half today to spoil
the final regular-season home contest for the host Brandeis
University men's soccer team, 2-1. With the win, CMU improves to
13-2-1, 4-2-0 in the University Athletic Association, while the
Judges fall to 8-8-2, 0-4-2 UAA.
After a scoreless first 40 minuets of play, Griffin got the
Tartans on the board at the 40:56 mark. Junior Keith Haselhoff
(White Oak, Pa.) served the ball into the box, and Griffin was able
to beat Brandeis rookie goalkeeper Sean O'Hare
(Southampton, Mass.) to the ball and poke it into the empty net for
his 13th goal of the season. Griffin doubled the Tartans' lead in
the 58th minute. Junior Patrick Lutz (Lebanon, Pa.) got the ball
just inside the box and drew O'Hare out. He crossed the ball to
Griffin, who deposited it for his second of the game.
Brandeis senior Ben Premo (Florence, Mass.) got
the Judges back in the game with his 10th goal of the campaign in
the 71st minute. The goal was set up by rookie Alexander Farr
(Nahant, Mass.), who dribbled through space and sent the ball
towards the net. It eluded the hands of CMU senior netminder
Matthew Bazin (Chatham, N.J.) and Premo pounced to cut the lead in
half. Brandeis put pressure on the rest of the stanza, but were
unable to equalize.
Carnegie Mellon outshot Brandeis, 23-5, but O'Hare kept the
Judges in the contest with a career-high 11 saves. Bazin had one
first-half stop for the Tartans. The game was the final
regular-season home game for Premo and senior midfielder/back
Kevin Murphy (Monson, Mass.). The Judges wrap up
the regular season next weekend at NYU in a UAA contest.
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