Dartmouth's men's soccer team came into Saturday's match up against Princeton with zero goals scored on the season. After 90 minutes, the Big Green's goal mark on the season remained unchanged. The only problem was that Princeton couldn't find the back of the net either, sending the scoreless game into sudden death overtime.
Before two minutes had elapsed in the first frame, however, the Big Green had put its first goal — and win — on the board. The 1-0 loss is one the Tigers certainly didn't need in this must-win game, and severely handicaps the Tigers who now stand in the bottom half of an Ivy League that is more competitive it has been in years.
Fortune turned against the Tigers early in the game when its first-team All-Ivy keeper — senior Jason White — left the game in the 13th minute with a hip injury.
Sophomore goaltender Erik White, the brother of the starting senior keeper, came in to play a perfect 79 minutes until the game-winning goal which occurred in the 92nd minute.
"Jay [White] is one of the best goalies in the country, but Erik White is just as good," junior tri-captain defender Jeff Hare said. "He played really well. We're just as confident with Erik in goal as we are with Jason."
Junior midfielder Gianfranco Tripicchio had a couple of solid scoring opportunities in the second half, including a free kick in the 61st minute of play and another shot bombed from some 30 yards out.
The latter play, arguably the Tigers most promising opportunity of the afternoon, came about off a good defensive play from senior forward Matt Douglas, who stole the ball from a Big Green defender. Douglas dished a pass to freshman forward Darren Spicer, whose shot was blocked but redirected to Tripicchio. The junior launched a head-high ball that soared just wide of the left post.
The sudden-death frame lasted just 67 seconds, and culminated when streaking Dartmouth forward Rob Daly received the ball at just beyond midfield and found himself alone.
"It was a mistake," Hare said of the game-winner. "We turned the ball over and it happened to bounce right to them."
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