Men’s Soccer Falls To Daniel Webster In Overtime, 4-3

Box score

CHICOPEE, MA- Elms College sophomore Tom Ferruolo (Arlington, VT) tied the game in the 78th minute, but Daniel Webster sophomore Spencer Bernard (Windsor Locks, CT) tallied two goals, including a header for the game-winner to defeat Elm’s 4-3 in overtime in a New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) contest Saturday afternoon in Nashua, NH.

The hard fought loss drops Elms to 2-8 overall and 1-2 in the conference, while the Eagles improve to 5-2 on the season and 2-0 in NECC play.

Daniel Webster got the game rolling quickly with two goals in the first 11 minutes. Freshman Joel Jerrhag (Ystad, Sweden) struck first at the 4:41 mark, followed six minutes later by a Rasmus Ronas (Gotheborg, Sweden) goal to lift the lead to 2-0.

Elms retaliated with a Tavish Leland (Bridgton, ME) goal in the 15th minute and tied the game 2-2 early in the second half with a Sam Senecal (Chicopee, MA) strike from Leland.

Bernard notched his first goal in the 51st minute and was assisted by sophomore Alex Jackson (Kent, OH) putting Daniel Webster up 3-2. Ferruolo then delivered his heroic strike at the 78:02 mark to tie and eventually send the contest into overtime where Bernard would end it with a header.

Elms sophomore Ryan Sullivan (Agawam, MA) and senior Nick Pellegrini (Ludlow, MA) split the work between the pipes recording nine combined saves.

Daniel Webster outshot the Blazers 17-10.

Elm’s next takes on Mount Ida in a non-conference game Wednesday, Oct. 7 at Leary Field slated to start at 4:00 p.m.