Nguyen Nets Game-Winner In Opening Minutes Of Play, Young Makes Five Saves For Shutout As Men's Soccer Blanks Curry In Season Opener
MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME MEN'S SOCCER
Friday, August 31, 2012
Clean Harbors Stadium, Buzzards Bay, Mass.
FINAL: MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME 1, CURRY 0
1 2 Total
Curry (0-1) 0 0 - 0
Massachusetts Maritime (1-0) 1 0 - 1
SCORING SUMMARY
MMA: Hieu Nguyen (Rob Robbs) 8:23 1st
GOALIE SAVES
CUR: Nick Barber—12
MMA: Brett Young—5
BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. -- Junior Hieu Nguyen's (Weymouth, Mass.) goal 8:23 into play held up as the game-winner and lifted Massachusetts Maritime to a 1-0 non-league college men's soccer victory over Curry in the season opener for both schools Friday afternoon at Clean Harbors Stadium.
Nguyen converted a feed from sophomore Rob Robbs (Braintree, Mass.) against a strong wind that gave the host Buccaneers (1-0) the only marker they would need, and senior Brett Young (Falmouth, Mass.) made that margin stand up in goal with a five-save effort to record his third career shutout.
Senior Nick Barber (Pittsfield, Mass.) made 12 stops in suffering the setback in goal for the visiting Colonels (0-1), as both he and Young made a pair of point blank saves each over the final 20-plus minutes of play. Massachusetts Maritime outshot Curry by a 15-11 margin for the contest, including an 8-5 edge over the final 45 minutes of action.
Massachusetts Maritime hosts Becker in a non-league outing on Wednesday evening at Clean Harbors Stadium beginning at 7:00 p.m., while Curry heads to Fitchburg, Mass. on Wednesday evening to take on Fitchburg State in a non-league match that also begins at 7:00 p.m.