WALTHAM, Mass. - Senior forward Ben Premo
(Florence, Mass.) tallied a goal and an assist in the final five
minutes of the contest tonight to lead the Brandeis University
men's soccer team past visiting Babson College, 3-1, on Gordon
Field.
After a scoreless first half,
Babson opened the scoring at the 47:00 mark. Senior Tim Winn
(Sutton, Mass.), the Beavers' all-time leading scorer, tallied his
fifth of the season when he shook through three Brandeis defenders.
Winn moved into the box and unleashed a laser from about 12 yards
out to break the ice.
Brandeis answered in the
56th minute on a penalty kick. Junior midfielder
Corey Bradley (Holyoke, Mass.) was hauled down in
the box. Classmate Patrick Metelus (Pernier,
Haiti) briefly took the team lead in goals when he converted the PK
for his fourth of the season.
The Judges got the game-winning
goal in the 87th minute. Junior midfielder Alex
Zenerovitz (Acton, Mass.) sent a beautiful long ball
through the defense that Premo was able to corral. Premo dribbled
to the goal line and fired a shot high over Crowley from a tough
angle for his fourth goal of the season, tying him for the team
lead.
Just over two minutes later, in
the 89th minute, Premo added an assist on an insurance
goal. With the Beaver defense pushed up, he sent a through ball to
rookie Alexander Farr (Longmeadow, Mass.). Farr
went one-on-one with Crowley and calmly put it home for his second
goal of the campaign.
Brandeis (3-1) and Babson (3-2)
were tied late in the game thanks to some outstanding goalkeeping
from a pair of rookies. Sean O'Hare (Southampton,
Mass.) of the Judges and Beaver Peter Crowley (Lexington, Mass.)
had three and four saves, respectively, including some point-blank
stops that maintained the 1-1 score. Crowley prevented Metelus from
scoring his second goal of the game in the 63rd minute.
O'Hare, making his first collegiate start twice denied Babson's Dan
Fogarty (Brookline, N.H.), including once in the 78th
minute.
Brandeis returns to action on
Monday evening when they wrap up their five-game homestand against
Colby-Sawyer College at 7 p.m., while Babson plays host to UMass
Boston Saturday at 1 p.m.
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