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Bowdoin BOW (9-3-4, 5-2-3)
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Winner Tufts TUFTS (11-2-3, 6-2-2)
Bowdoin BOW
(9-3-4, 5-2-3)
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Final
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Tufts TUFTS
(11-2-3, 6-2-2)
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Bowdoin BOW 0 1 1
Tufts TUFTS 1 1 2

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Tufts Holds Off Men's Soccer in NESCAC Quarterfinals

MEDFORD, Mass. – The Bowdoin College men's soccer team rallied valiantly in the second half but came up just short in a 2-1 NESCAC Quarterfinal loss at Tufts on Saturday afternoon. The Polar Bears (9-3-4, 5-2-3) will await to hear their NCAA Tournament fate until Monday, November 6. The Jumbos (11-2-3, 6-2-2 NESCAC) advance to the NESCAC semifinals next weekend in Middlebury, Vt.
 
Game Highlights
  • Felipe Rueda Duran had the first substantive opportunity of the game a little over 15 minutes into action. Rueda Duran had a takeaway in the box and cut around a defender along the outside right edge. The sophomore booted a right footed shot to the near post that was turned away.
  • Tufts had a promising opportunity three minutes later following a foul just feet outside the top of the box. Daniel Yanez lined up the free kick and put it to the left of the Bowdoin wall. Alex Ainsworth made a diving save to his right to keep the game scoreless.
  • The Jumbos scored the game's first goal to take the lead in the 31st minute. Mason Shultz carried down the left side and sent a low cross across the goal to Henry Perkins open in the center. Perkins put the ball low in the left corner.
  • Tufts carried that lead into the second half, where they doubled their lead following a turnover at midfield. Ethan Feigin fed Daniel Yanez for the goal and a 2-0 lead with just over 30 minutes to go.
  • Bowdoin wouldn't go away, and Rueda Duran finally cashed in with 16:14 to go, going top left on a free kick from 22 yards out to make it 2-1.
  • The Polar Bears had three shots over the next five minutes as they continued to pressure the goal, but neither could find the net as Tufts clung to victory.
By The Numbers
  • Tufts earns their second one-goal win in five days against the Polar Bears, following a 1-0 win in Brunswick on Tuesday night. All three Bowdoin losses this year have been by a single goal, one to Amherst and the two to Tufts.
  • Also for the second straight game, Bowdoin out-shot Tufts, holding an 11-9 advantage while corner kicks were 5-5.
  • Alex Ainsworth made two saves for Bowdoin while Nikola Antic stopped three shots for Tufts.
  • Tufts had three yellow cards in the contest while Bowdoin was credited with none.
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