Crusaders Upended by Nashoba Regional

Post date: Sep 14, 2012 1:34:05 AM

Groton, Ma- Despite controlling most of the play in the first half the Crusaders got caught out on a offensive corner kick as the Chieftains counter attacked with numbers up and Bret Perisho sent Ryan Stephens in alone on a great through ball and he beat Crusader Keeper John Nyilis for the 1-0 lead. GD began to control the match but struggled to finish as the Chieftains sat in a 5-4-1 formation and continued to contain the Crusader offense. As the Crusaders sent numbers forward to find and equalizer the Chieftains Graham Atkinson sent a great ball to Kevin Dunnells who chipped the ball over Crusader Keeper Connor McGuire to ice the match at 2-0. Nashoba improve to 2-1-1 overall as GD fall to 1-1-1. GD received great bench play from Ben Lutz and Ryan Hardy today and travel to Worcester North Saturday for a rematch with the Polar Bears at 10am at Foley Stadium.

Scoring:

N 1-0 10:25 Ryan Stephens (Bret Persiho)

Half

N 2-0 77:29 Kevin Dunnells (Grahan Atkinson)

Shots favored GD 14-6

Corner Kicks favored GD 5-2

Fouls GD 10-8