Men's Soccer Drops Overtime Heartbreaker to #14 Creighton

Sunday, September 19

Peoria, Ill.

1:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Creighton

Men's Soccer Drops Overtime Heartbreaker to #14 Creighton

9/19/2010 5:47:00 PM | Men's Soccer

By: Dartmouth

Boxscore

Peoria, Ill. - Sean Donovan (Burr Ridge, Ill.) made eight saves to keep Dartmouth alive but the Big Green dropped a 3-2 overtime decision to #14 Creighton at Bradley University today.

Creighton's (5-1) Jose Gomez scored the golden goal in the 97^th minute off a close-range header to spoil Dartmouth's (3-2) upset bid. Overall, the Blue Jays had outshot Dartmouth, 20-11 and put 11 shots on goal to the Green's three. It was a very physical game in which the teams combined for 33 fouls and Dartmouth found itself down to 10 men from the 71^st minute on. Creighton picked up two yellow cards as well, one of which led directly to a Dartmouth goal.

Dartmouth finished third at the Hotels at Grand Prairie Classic. Senior Bryan Giudicelli (Emerald Hills, Calif.) and freshman Colin Skelly (Wrightstown, Pa.) were named to the all-tournament team.

The Blue Jays struck first with a goal in just the third minute of play when Ethan Finlay fired in a goal off a rebound from a shot by Kris Clark that hit the post to go up 1-0.

Dartmouth answered back with the equalizer in the 26^th minute of play, capitalizing on a free kick opportunity. Sophomore Kevin Dzierzawski (Oakland Twp., Mich.) took the free kick and Giudicelli was in the box to tap the ball in for the 1-1 tie.

The teams entered halftime tied, 1-1, after Creighton had taken a 9-5 lead in shots and Donovan had made five saves.

Creighton took a 2-1 lead in the 63^rd minute when Greg Jordan scored on a header off a corner kick by Josh Moran. The Big Green saw the game tied at 2-2 less than a minute later when a Creighton defender misplayed a clearance, resulting in an own goal.

The game remained tied through regulation and headed to overtime - already Dartmouth's second of the season. Seven minutes into it, Gomez headed in a cross from Dion Acoff to win the game for the Blue Jays.

Playing in his home state, Donovan's eight save performance was a career-best.

Dartmouth plays another nationally-competitive opponent this coming weekend when it hosts New Mexico at Burnham Field at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25.