WORCESTER, Mass. – The Colgate men's soccer team took a 3-2 lead in the 83rd minute at Holy Cross, but the Crusaders scored in the final minute to force overtime before slotting home the game winner on a free kick to hand the Raiders a heartbreaking 4-3 overtime loss Wednesday night.
First-year
Chris DePetro scored his first career goal before junior
Aram Ouligian followed to give the Raiders an early 2-0 lead. Holy Cross battled to tie the score at 2-2 before senior
Jared Stroud converted a penalty kick in the 83rd minute. Holy Cross scored with 1:02 left in regulation before finding the golden goal in overtime.
Neither team registered a shot until DePetro scored on the first attempt of the game. The Crusaders turned the ball over at the top of the box and DePetro quickly corralled the ball and buried it into the far post to give the Raiders a 1-0 lead in the 16th minute with his first-career tally.
Colgate out-shot the Crusaders 4-0 over the next 15 minutes before the Raiders doubled their lead in the 33rd minute. Ouligian headed in a corner kick from sophomore
Kentaro Morrison to add the insurance tally and net his fifth goal of the season.
The Crusaders were able to get one back on their first shot of the game as Arno Rupp scored on a corner kick in the 38th minute to pull Holy Cross within 2-1. Holy Cross rattled off one more shot in the term, but the Raiders were able to take their 2-1 lead into halftime.
Holy Cross evened the game in the 68th minute off another corner kick. This time it was Ed Mujan who headed in the corner to knot the score at 2-2.
Colgate senior keeper
Peter Tappenden made a key diving save in the 79th minute to keep the score tied. Holy Cross keeper Henry Stutz followed suit with two saves, but Crusader defender Justin Carfora was whistled for a hand ball on a goal-line stop to set the Raiders up with a penalty kick chance.
Stroud stepped up and converted the PK to give the Raiders a 3-2 lead with just over eight minutes left on the clock.
The Crusaders wouldn't go quietly, however, as Holy Cross found the game-tying goal with just 1:02 left in regulation to send the game to overtime knotted at 3-3.
The Raiders had two solid chances in the opening minutes of overtime, but a Colgate foul led to a Holy Cross free kick at the top of the box in the 96th minute. The Raiders lined up a slew of players in a defensive wall, but Rupp curved the ball around the wall and into the goal to lift the Crusaders to the 4-3 overtime victory.
BOTTOM LINE
- Holy Cross 4, Colgate 3 (OT)
WON-LOST RECORDS
- The Raiders drop to 5-10-1 on the season and 2-4-1 in the Patriot League.
- Holy Cross improves to 5-8-2 overall and 3-3-1 in league action.
KEY RAIDER INFO
- Holy Cross claimed its first win over Colgate since the 2013 season.
- DePetro's goal marked the first of his career.
- Ouligian scored for the second-straight game. He has now scored three goals in the last four games.
- All three of Stroud's goals this season have come by way of the penalty kick. He is 3-for-3 on PK attempts.
FACTS & FIGURES
- The Raiders finished the game with an 18-7 shot advantage and 6-3 corner kick edge.
- Tappenden made two saves in goal compared to Stutz' seven.
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach
Erik Ronning
- "Our men played their hearts out and I am proud of their effort. We must be better in the critical moments, in particular when defending set pieces and closing out games. We will be ready for Sunday and will fight to give ourselves a chance to extend our season."
UP NEXT
- The Raiders return home Sunday for their regular-season home finale when Colgate hosts Navy on Senior Day.
- Kickoff from Beyer-Small '76 Field is set for 1 p.m. Sunday.
