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Winner Wentworth WIT (10-3-0, 3-2-0 CCC)
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Nichols NC (7-7-0, 3-2-0 CCC)
Winner
Wentworth WIT
(10-3-0, 3-2-0 CCC)
3
Final
2
Nichols NC
(7-7-0, 3-2-0 CCC)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 OT 2 F
Wentworth WIT 2 0 0 1 3
Nichols NC 2 0 0 0 2

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Wentworth stuns Bison 3-2 in 2OT

Wentworth 3, Nichols 2 (2OT)
Dudley, Mass. – Nichols Soccer Field
Saturday, October 10, 2015
 
All-Time Series & Streaks
The Bison's six-game winning streak over the Leopards is snapped and Wentworth now holds the lead in the all-time series 20-13-0.

Three Stars of the Game
1 – Senior Alberto Benhamu (Caracas, Venezuela) (WIT) – game-winning goal in second overtime; five shots (two SOG)
2 – Sophomore Matt Cicalis (Bridgewater, Mass.) (WIT) – one goal; one assist; seven shots (two SOG)
3 – Senior Tiago Prazeres (West Hartford, Conn.) (Nichols) – one goal; one shot (one SOG)

Keys Stat of the Game
The Leopards outshot the Bison 33-16 for the game including a 15-7 edge in shots on goal. The Bison were outshot in overtime 5-3.

Quick Hits
- Sophomore Michael Zendan (Charlotte, N.C.) potted the first goal of the game. After the Bison defense blocked the initial shot, Zenden then fired the ball into the back of the net at 19:08.
- Cicalis added a goal 3:17 later taking a pass from Zendan from the corner an rifling a shot into the top shelf on the back side of the net.
- Junior Ryan Banker (Ashaway, R.I.) cut the deficit in half when at 33:35 he was able to head a ball that had been deflected into the air past the goaltender.
- Prazeres tied things at two in the 43rd minute after the ball hit off his shoulder and past freshman goaltender Matthew Sekerak (Winthrop, Maine).
- The Leopards scored the game-winner 1:28 into the second overtime when Cicalis was able to beat a defender in the corner and make a pass to the middle from the left side to Benhamu who put it into the back of the net.
- Sekerak earned the win after making five stops while freshman Patrick Porpora (Westminster, Mass.) had 12 saves in the loss.
- Cicalis had a game-high seven shots while Banker and freshman William Aldrich (Belchertown, Mass.) led the Bison with four shots.

Quotes
"Wentworth came out much better than we did from the opening whistle. We made a few adjustments in the first half and it paid off with a good goal and a bit of fortune. The second half our guys came out stronger. Into overtime it was just a matter of miss marking but it cost us the game. I give Wentworth credit, because they are playing the best soccer I have ever seen them play." – Nichols head coach Chris Traina

Next up
Nichols (7-7-0, 3-2-0 CCC) – Saturday, Oct. 17 vs. Gordon, 11:00 a.m.
Wentworth (10-3-0, 3-2-0 CCC) – Saturday, Oct. 17 vs. U New England, 3:30 p.m.
 
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