UMPI Beats Mariners 4-2

Castine, Maine – The Maine Maritime Academy Men’s Soccer team lost 4-2 to the visiting Owls from the University of Maine at Presque Isle on Wednesday night in a non-conference match-up at Ritchie Field. Three different UMPI players scored en route to their 7^th win of the season.

The Owls started the scoring in the 6th minute of the high scoring affair when Joshua Peaslee (Woolwich, ME) flicked a cross from Seth Dorr (Houlton, ME) past the goalie for the 1-0 lead. The Mariners answered to tie the score at 1-1 on Greg Smith’s (No. Yarmouth, ME) fourth goal of the year. Less than a minute later UMPI jumped on top 2-1 when Greg Fournier (Bradley, ME) scored from Trevor Hews (Wade, ME) off of a corner kick. The Mariners once again responded, knotting the match at 2-2, when Jacub Racinski (Portland, ME) collected an initial keeper save and tucked it in the back of the net for the equalizer.

The score remained tied at 2-2 until Matt Carrington (Nottingham, UK) scored on a direct kick from the top of the box, which proved to be the game winner. The Owls got their 4^th tally on an own goal by MMA to win by the score of 4-2.

Richard Felbaum (Saco, ME) recorded the win for the Owls making 4 save on 16 shots. MMA keeper Jeff Butland took the loss for MMA making 4 saves on 15 shots. MMA drops to 5-4-1 overall while UMPI improves to 7-2-1 on the year.