HANOVER, N.H. – Facing New Hampshire for the first time since the Big Green fell in the second round of the NCAA Tournament and looking for revenge, Dartmouth men's soccer finished with a scoreless draw Saturday night at Burnham Field.
Dartmouth (0-3-2) was outshot 21-14 by UNH (5-1-1) and 5-3 on goal, the Wildcats also finished with a 6-4 advantage in corner kicks. Senior
Justin Donawa made his season debut after being sidelined by injury and led the Big Green with three shots. Junior
Henry Stusnick made his second start in goal and came away with five saves.
The Big Green got off to a fast start with shots by senior
Yima Asom and sophomore
Tiger Graham in the 9th and 14th minutes. After the Wildcats had a few scoring chances, Dartmouth was back on the attack and closed out the first half with shots by
Matthew Ranieri and
Max Heffron. Dartmouth outshot UNH 7-4 in the first half.
The Wildcats ramped up the pressure to begin the second and got off five straight shots in the opening eight minutes of the half. Donawa had a couple of opportunities down the stretch, his shot in the 78th was stopped by the keeper, and he later had an open attempt in the 86th minute that banged off the right-side post. Neither side could find the net and the Big Green went into overtime for the second straight match.
UNH outshot Dartmouth 3-0 in each of the overtimes, but the Big Green defense held their ground and Stusnick came away with a game-saving stop in the 106th minute. The Wildcats kept up the pressure but could not score and each side finished with a draw.
Dartmouth is back in action on Tuesday when they travel to Hempstead, New York to take on Hofstra at 7 p.m.