9/24/09

Men's soccer blanked at St. Joseph's

Erik Corcoran

STANDISH -- The University of Maine at Farmington men's soccer team dropped its third straight game with a 1-0 non-conference loss at St. Joseph's College this afternoon at Westerlea Way Field.

The Beavers (3-3) are off untill Tuesday when they are scheduled to host Bates College on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.

Corey Grant (Haverhill, MA) scored his second goal of the year in the 58th minute of play to seal the victory for the Monks (5-3-1).

There was plenty of action, with several excellent scoring opportunities, throughout the contest. Both goalkeepers proved up to the task as Will Pike (Gorham, ME) recorded four saves for the Monks and Farmington keeper Erik Corcoran (Gorham, NH) had five saves for the Beavers. Pike now has four shutouts this fall and 12 in his career, two shy of the program record held by Michael Bolanz .

The Monks maintained possession for much of the first half and Corcoran denied several SJC drives with athletic saves. One such play was made on Joe Happnie (Rockland, MA) in the 28th minute. The junior was set up perfectly by a Doug MacCallum (Hingham, ME) lead pass and was all alone in front of the Farmington net, but Corcoran challenged and made a close-range diving save to maintain the scoreless tie.

St. Joe’s held an 8-6 advantage in shots at intermission, with 5 of those bids finding the Beaver net.

The Monks finally broke through 12:43 into the second stanza on a play set up by Paul Robins (Cornwall, England). After a Farmington penalty, the junior midfielder booted the ball from near midfield to the left side of the goal. Grant quickly recovered the ball and placed it off the top right post past Corcoran to notch his first career game-winner.

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