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Mitchell Ties Emmanuel In Soccer Match

Mariners draw first blood but can't capitalize

The Mitchell College men’s soccer team drew a 1-1 tie against Emmanuel College in double overtime on Wednesday during a rainy home game. The following information was provided by David Longolucco, sports information director at Mitchell College:

The Mariners (1-0-1 overall) scored in the first half and led with 20 minutes remaining in regulation before the Saints (0-0-3 overall) equalized in the 74th minute. Each team had chances in the overtime periods but came up empty. The tie was the third in as many games for Emmanuel.

Mitchell struck in the 33rd minute when freshman Taylor Surette (East Longmeadow, Mass./Watkinson School) sent a looping pass from the midfield stripe over the defense to classmate Frank Williams (Westerly, R.I./Westerly). He settled the ball and placed his shot into the left corner of the goal for his second tally of the season.

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Emmanuel threatened to tie the game early in the second half on back-to-back possessions. The first saw Juan Levy (Andover, Mass./Andover) fire a shot from near point-blank range that was stopped by Mitchell goalkeeper Kevin Woodford (Niantic, Conn./Morgan School). On the next time down the field for the Saints, Kevin Shirley (Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand) got his head on a cross but saw his shot trickle wide of the far post.

A steady rain began to fall in the middle of the second half but it didn’t deter the Saints. Emmanuel finally broke through by taking advantage of a free kick yielded by a foul eight yards outside the Mitchell box. Danny Richman (Medfield, Mass./Medfield) took the kick and drilled a rocket over the Mariners’ wall and inside the left post. It was the first goal of the season for Richman as well as the team’s first of the year.

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The best scoring chance in extra time came in the 94th minute when Mitchell senior James Gleason (Old Lyme, Conn./Hyde School) had a clean look from the left side but shot directly into the chest of goalkeeper Garrett Charette (West Springfield, Mass./West Springfield), who came out to cut off the angle and keep the game deadlocked. Charette finished with three saves in the contest while Woodford had five for the Mariners.

Mitchell returns to action at home against Anna Maria College on Saturday, September 10 at 3 p.m. Emmanuel will next host Johnson & Wales University for its home opener on Saturday at 1 p.m.


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