|
Maine Downs Manhattan in OT
Sept. 19, 2004
Newark, NJ (September 19, 2004)- Maine junior Adam Chenault (Mainville, Ohio/King's HS) put back his own rebound in front of the net with just 22 seconds remaining in the second overtime to give the Black Bears a 3-2 win over Manhattan today in a game played on the NJIT campus due to unplayable conditions at Manhattan's home field. The Jaspers fall to 1-3-0 on the season, while Maine improves to 2-2-1. Maine's Kevin Forgett (Wilmington, Mass/Beaver County Day) got the Black Bears on the board first when he deflected a redirected shot off Manhattan goalkeeper Collin Leaver on a corner kick 12:13 into the game. Maine doubled its lead just over 10 minutes later when Cooper Friend (Ellsworth, Maine/Berkshire School) picked up his second assist of the day, feeding a long pass to Justin Stockford (Foster, Rhode Island/Dean College) who broke in alone and beat Leaver to the lower right corner. Manhattan caught a break 12 minutes later, as a Maine defender tried to clear a Joe Pumo crossing attempt, but inadvertently put the ball in his own net for an own goal that brought the Jaspers to within one, 2-1. The score remained the same until the 63:04 mark, when Justin Schultz, on a direct kick off a restart, placed a shot just below the crossbar that tipped in off of Maine goalkeeper Chad Mongeon (Essex Junction, Vermont/Essex HS) to knot the score at 2-2. The goal was Schultz's team-leading third goal of the season. Maine dominated play throughout the game and overtime as the Jaspers were outshot by the Black Bears by a 36-10 count, Leaver had a spectacular game in net for Manhattan, stopping a career-high 17 shots, including seven in the two overtimes. Mongeon made three saves for Maine.
The Black Bears will return to action on Saturday, September 25, when they travel to Durham, New Hampshire to battle conference opponent UNH in a game that is slated to begin at 1:00 p.m.
|
