DARTMOUTH, Mass. – The Plymouth State University men's soccer team lost to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Corsairs, 2-1 in the team's final Little East Conference (LEC) matchup on Cressy Field in a Saturday matinee.
UMass Dartmouth put away goals early in both halves, which proved enough to secure the conference win for the Corsairs in the back-and-forth contest. Junior
Walter Driscoll (Kittery Point, Maine) scored the lone goal for the Panthers in the losing effort.
Plymouth State closes out its season at 4-7-5 (0-5-3 LEC), as UMass Dartmouth improves to 2-12-4 (1-5-2 LEC) in 2023.
The Basics:
- Plymouth State 1, UMass Dartmouth 2
- Plymouth State (4-7-5, 0-5-3 LEC)
- UMass Dartmouth (2-12-4, 1-5-2 LEC)
How it Happened:
- The Corsairs scored early with the game's first goal in the 7th minute to take a 1-0 lead.
- Plymouth State drew the game level at one-a-piece when Driscoll buried the ball to the goalkeeper's left side in the 26th minute.
- The teams continued to play back-and-forth in the first half, leaving the game level at 1-1 after the first forty-five minutes.
- UMass Dartmouth wasted no time to go ahead after the break, scoring three minutes into the second half, going up 2-1 quickly, setting the stage for an exciting second frame of action.
- The Panthers created good opportunities to re-tie the game, but the Corsair goalkeeper kept Plymouth State from putting in its second goal.
- Play slowed down in the final minutes of the match, as the Panthers would have to settle with a 2-1 defeat to close out the season.
By the Numbers:
- UMass Dartmouth out shot the Panthers 17-13 in the contest.
- The Corsairs recorded five corner kicks to the Panthers' four.
- Shots on goal were five for both sides of the party.
- The Panthers are now 1-4-1 in the last six meetings against the Corsairs.
- Plymouth State have not won on Cressy Field since 2015 (5-0 victory)
- The Panthers hold a 22-12-2 lifetime head-to-head advantage over UMass Dartmouth dating back to the teams' first matchup in 1989.
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