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MSOC Howard Recap
3
Howard HOW (1-5-3, 1-0-1)
3
Stonehill STO (3-6-2, 0-1-1)
Howard HOW
(1-5-3, 1-0-1)
3
Final
3
Stonehill STO
(3-6-2, 0-1-1)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Howard HOW 1 2 3
Stonehill STO 1 2 3

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Pair of Late Goals Leads to Draw Between Men’s Soccer and Howard

Milliken’s mid-air kick finds back of the net in 88th minute to complete late rally

EASTON, Mass. (October 6, 2024) – Stonehill men's soccer erased a two-score deficit in the final nine minutes of Sunday's Northeast Conference matchup to tie Howard University, 3-3, at W.B. Mason Stadium.

Highlights 
  • Junior Owen Burke (Holliston, Mass.), senior Colin Milliken (Easton, Mass.), and sophomore Christopher Hines (Allentown, N.J.) scored the Skyhawk goals as Hines scored the first of his career.
  • Milliken and Burke each netted their third goal of the season to put themselves in a three-way tie for the most goals on the team.
  • Howard's goals came from Angi Bacic, Mason Christian, and Rayce Welborne while Bryson Baker had a game-high two assists to lead the Bison.
  • Freshman James Forrest-Hay (Newburyport, Mass.) recorded his first career point with an assist on Milliken's game-tying goal.
  • Freshman Julius Maiwaldt (Hamburg, Germany) notched his second assist of the season, coming off the bench late in the second half.
  • With an assist today, sophomore Tiago Lima-Bittencourt (Charlotte, N.C.) remains tied with Milliken for the team lead in points this season with nine.
How it Happened 
In the eighth minute, Lima-Bittencourt weaved his way into the 18-yard box around defenders, sending a pass that bounced around in front of the net until Burke got his right foot on the ball, rocketing the ball into the back of the net.
 
Howard's Angi Bacic tied the game in the 15th minute as he sprinted up the middle of the field, connecting his right foot with a centering pass from Bryson Baker to send a low shot past the dive of junior Ryan Claffey (Colchester, Conn.) who couldn't make the save.
 
The Bison had a shot go off the left post in the 66th minute from Marcus Lewis, but about 20 seconds later, Lewis gave Howard the lead as he sent a perfect cross into the box that was headed into the back of the net by a diving Mason Christian.
 
Howard's Rayce Welborne checked into the game in the 74th minute and scored just 30 seconds after entering, finding open space from about 20 yards out and firing a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner of the goal to put the Bison ahead, 3-1.
 
Hines cut the Skyhawk deficit in half in the 82nd minute as Maiwaldt's centering pass from the right side of the box found the sophomore, whose right-footed shot ricocheted off the left post and into the goal as Stonehill trailed by one, 3-2.
 
With their backs against the wall, the Skyhawks kept the ball in their offensive end with Forrest-Hay heading the ball in the direction of Milliken, who lined a flying, right-footed kick into the top right corner of the net, to tie the score, 3-3, in the 88th minute.
 
Maiwaldt took a deep shot from about 30 yards out but it was handled easily by Howard goalie Liam Keiller in the final minute of the game as the two NEC teams played to a 3-3 draw.
 
Up Next
Stonehill men's soccer (3-6-2, 0-1-1 NEC) continues Northeast Conference play next weekend on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 1 p.m. for a matchup against Le Moyne at W.B. Mason Stadium at 1 p.m.
 
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