Sacred Heart Trips Up #17 Dartmouth, 1-0

Friday, September 26

Fairfield, Conn.

3:30 PM

Dartmouth College

Sacred Heart

9/26/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

By: Dartmouth

Boxscore

FAIRFIELD, Conn. - The 17th ranked Dartmouth men's soccer team dropped a 1-0 battle at Sacred Heart this afternoon.

The Big Green (4-2) held a commanding 14-4 shot advantage on the Pioneers, but a late first-half goal was enough to give Sacred Heart (2-4-1) the ability to hunker down on defense.

Dartmouth had a flurry of activity midway through the first half, with a header by Maarten van Ess (Marlborough, Mass.) that was saved by SHU's Matt Jones followed by an attempt by Lucky Mkosna (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) and another by van Ess. Jones kept his composure with a save on an shot by Andrew Olsen (Norwell, Mass.) in the 36th minute to keep the Big Green off the board.

Sacred Heart broke through for its lone goal in the 41st minute when Lusiano Dadario sent the ball in for Jason Tessitore, who beat Dartmouth keeper Sean Milligan (Westport, Conn.) at the far post.

The teams were slow to start in the second, half, but Dartmouth controlled the pace to keep Sacred Heart on its heels.

The Big Green kept the pressure on late and looked ready for the equalizer with just over 10 minutes remaining. Causing a frenzy in the Pioneers' 18, Dartmouth started with a header by van Ess that was saved at 77:13. Senior Craig Henderson (Wellington, New Zealand) had his follow-up shot blocked before van Ess nearly tied it but the Pioneers defense saved the goal. Rookie Nick Pappas (Scottsdale, Ariz.) had his attempt go wide and Sacred Heart finally cleared it.

Dartmouth attacked until the final whistle, but the Pioneers buckled down to secure a big win.

Jones finished with four saves in goal for Sacred Heart while the Pioneers' goal was the only shot on goal faced by Milligan.

The matchup saw the teams combine for 37 fouls while Sacred Heart was issued four yellow cards.

Dartmouth is back in action at home on Burnham Field this Sunday when it hosts San Diego State at 12:00 p.m.