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After a week of focusing on strengths and weaknesses for the Raider Classic held this past weekend, the Univerisity of Maine men’s soccer team played three great halves of soccer in two games. The one bad half they played cost them four goals after having a 1-0 lead against Colgate University on Friday.
The game against Colgate marked the second time that the UMaine defense has given up more than three goals. The first game was the 3-0 loss against nationally ranked Fairleigh Dickinson University three weeks ago.
In the first half, senior forward Rob Dow scored his second goal of the season to give the Black Bears a 1-0 lead going into the half. Then one of the strong points for the Black Bears’ team became an easily exposed weak point as Colgate was able to net four goals within a 36 minute span as their once half-time lead became a distant memory.
The Black Bears gave Colgate their first win, as UMaine received its second loss of the season to fall to a 1-2-1 mark. Sophomore goalie Josh Sjostrom was able to make five saves in the loss.
In Saturday’s game against Rider University, the Black Bears kept Rider winless in the tournament. Maine’s defense was able to rebound from Friday’s performance to put up their third shutout of the season in a 0-0 final.
In a game that saw the Black Bears reach double digits in shot attempts, Rider was able to keep them scoreless. On the other end, Sjostrom was able to block three shots for the tie. Both teams had enough time create scoring chances as ten minutes of stoppage time was played.
Patrick Kelly led with three shots in the game while junior midfielder Greg Bajek and Dow both chipped in with two shots apiece.
The men’s next game comes against Atlantic 10 opponent Massachusetts. The game will be played at UMaine on Saturday at 1 p.m. as the Black Bears try to have as many wins as they have had home games.
After the matches against Massachusetts and Harvard, the Black Bears will face an onslaught of conference opponents as the rest of their schedule, with the exception of the regular season finale against Dartmouth at home on Nov. 5.
