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MANCHESTER, N.H. -
Lamine Traore scored 1:47 into the first overtime period to give
second-ranked Dowling College a 2-1 win over No. 11 Southern New
Hampshire University in men's soccer Saturday afternoon. Both
teams saw their record go to 1-1 on the season.
On the game-winner, Dowling's
Stefan Draskovic, standing 10 yards out, slid a pass past an SNHU
defender to Traore, who was all alone against Penmen keeper
Sean Lambert (Rehoboth, Mass.). Traore would
fire from five yards past Lambert into the right side of the goal.
The Penmen would take a 1-0 lead
just 3:05 into the match. Danny Hernandez
(Salem, N.H.) lobbed a ball over to freshman Christian
Rodriguez (Manchester, N.H.). The Manchester
Memorial product lofted a ball from just outside the 18 and caught
Dowling keeper Mads Aastrup off his line, finding the far left
corner of the goal. The Golden Lions would tie the game in
the 65th minute when Harald Gundhus bent a free kick
around a wall of SNHU defenders at the top of the box and snuck the
ball inside the near left post.
Just after its first goal of the
game, Dowling was forced to play a man down when Juan Vargas picked
up his second yellow card of the afternoon. Southern New
Hampshire appeared to take a 2-1 lead with 15 minutes to play when
Rodriguez found the back of the net, but the goal was waved off as
the Penmen were offsides.
Aastrup turned aside six shots for
Dowling en route to the win, while Lambert made three stops.
The Golden Lions outshot the Penmen 18-14 and generated an 11-5
edge in corner kicks, including 10 corners in the first half.
Southern New Hampshire returns to
action next Thursday when it hosts Saint Thomas Aquinas College in
a 7:00 contest at Larkin Field.
