Hartan's Game-Winner Pushes Gulls Past UMass-Dartmouth, 2-1

DARTMOUTH, Mass. – The Endicott men's soccer team handed host UMass-Dartmouth its first loss of the season, 2-1, Saturday afternoon at Cressy Field in non-conference action as junior midfielder Robert Hartan (Hebron, Conn.) scored his first career game-winning goal off a through ball from Carter Ocko (Danvers, Mass.) in the 82nd minute to clinch the win for the Gulls.

Freshman forward Evan Couchot (Mason, Ohio) knocked a header into the upper left corner of the net for the first goal of the match in the 33rd minute on an assist from senior midfielder Paul Erne (San Diego, Calif.) as the Gulls took a 1-0 lead into halftime.

Junior midfielder Fabio Araujo (Brockton, Mass.) knotted the score at one apiece with the equalizer in the 57th minute on a feed from senior forward Matt Vidal (New Bedford, Mass.).

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Today's match saw the Gulls win their fourth straight match against UMass-Dartmouth, though the Corsairs still hold the all-time series lead dating back prior to the 2001 season, 9-4-1.
• Endicott is on a three-match winning streak.
• The Gulls are 2-4 on the road at UMass-Dartmouth in the all-time series.
• Couchot leads the Gulls in goals this season with three tallies thus far.
• Hartan notched his first goal of the season (also first career game-winning goal).
• Erne and junior back Carter Ocko (Danvers, Mass.) each logged his first assist of the season.
• Senior goalkeeper Nick Weinstein (Trumbull, Conn.) stopped eight shots (five in the second half) to move to 3-1-0 on the year.
• Weinstein has eight saves in three of the Gulls' four matches this season.
• The Corsairs out-shot Endicott, 16-7.

FOR THE FOES

• Araujo tallied his second goal of the season.
• Vidal picked up his team-leading fourth assist on the year.
• Senior goalkeeper Luis Carranza (New Bedford, Mass.) suffered his first loss of the season (3-1-0) as he did not make any saves in net.

• The Gull won, 3-0, in Beverly, Mass. on 09/29/15 in the most recent meeting before tonight as Diego Slobotzky '16 (Mexico City, Mexico) recorded his first career hat trick.

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (3-1-0, 0-0-0 CCC) is back in action on Wednesday, September 14 at 4:30 p.m. as the Gulls travel to Williams.

UMass Dartmouth (3-1-0, 0-0-0 LEC) hosts Salve Regina on Wednesday, September 14 at 6:30 p.m. 

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