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Sports

Men’s soccer loses 3-0 to conference rival BU

By Ryan Clark
Posted on Oct. 10, 2002, at 12:00 a.m.
Black Bear senior forward Rob Dow battles for control of the ball during the men's soccer game Wednesday afternoon. UMaine lost 3-0 to the Terriers of Boston University,
Anna-Maria Easley
Black Bear senior forward Rob Dow battles for control of the ball during the men's soccer game Wednesday afternoon. UMaine lost 3-0 to the Terriers of Boston University,

For the University of Maine men’s soccer team, the number three has not been so kind.

In Wednesday’s game against Boston University, the Terriers’ Andrew Dorman scored three points, the Black Bears lost 3-0 and also dropped their third game in America East Conference play this season.

Unlike previous games, scoring chances came early and often for the Black Bears. Senior Rob Dow managed a breakaway, only to have his shot deflected by Terrier goalkeeper Matt Smith less than ten minutes into the game.

Five minutes later, junior Daniel Florez lobbed a shot over Smith’s head that went off the crossbar. Dow quickly pounced on the ball, but his shot went off the fingertips of Smith to keep the game tied at 0-0.

With less then 20 minutes left in the first half, Dorman scored his first goal of the game as he received a cross from the right side of the box from Federico Bianchi to give Boston University a 1-0 lead.

With less then three minutes remaining in the half, Mark Richardson scored off a Dorman pass as he volleyed the ball past UMaine goalkeeper Josh Sjostrom for a 2-0 lead.

“We played well in the beginning of the game, but you have to stick those chances,” UMaine coach Travers Evans said. “You can’t create grade-A opportunities and walk away with nothing.”

The Black Bears came alive in the second half when Dow had another breakaway that was deflected at the last second by the foot of a defender.

“I just have to stay concentrated and still believe,” Dow said. “It will come, I just have to believe.”

Minutes after Dow’s breakaway chance, the Terriers notched their third goal as Sjostrom played out from his box only to have a shot lobbed over his head.

Before the game ended, sophomore midfielder Luke Rivard went for a ball in mid-air and collided with Smith. Rivard was on the ground for three minutes. According to the Black Bear coaching staff, Rivard was taken to the hospital with a fractured collarbone.

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