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Austin Higgins
Jim Sheahan
Austin Higgins (2) assisted on one of Bard's two goals on Friday.
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Winner CLARKS~1 CLARKS~1 (4-5-1; 1-1-0 LL)
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Bard College BARD-M (5-4-1; 0-2-0 LL)
Winner
CLARKS~1 CLARKS~1
(4-5-1; 1-1-0 LL)
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Final
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Bard College BARD-M
(5-4-1; 0-2-0 LL)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
CLARKS~1 CLARKS~1 1 2 3
Bard College BARD-M 1 1 2

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Clarkson edges Bard, 3-2, in back and forth battle

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. – The Bard College men's soccer team dropped a heartbreaker to Liberty League foe Clarkson, 3-2, on Friday afternoon.

Bard trailed early, tied it at 1-1 just before halftime, took a 2-1 lead early in the second half ... then saw it all go away as Clarkson scored in the 55th and 68th minutes to pull out a victory.

Zachary Godin (Philadelphia, NY) put Clarkson up 1-0 on a penalty kick in the 7th minute, when Bard keeper Daniel Gagne collided with a Clarkson striker attempting to run onto a through ball at the top of the box.

Bard got the equalizer in the final minute before halftime, when Austin Higgins fed Nick Shenberger beautifully to split a pair of Clarkson defenders and tie it by scoring to the near post.

Just four minutes into the second half, Bard went ahead when Shenberger headed in a cross from Brendan Byrne. But it didn't take Clarkson (4-5-1, 1-1-0 Liberty League) long to tie it again.

Max Leetz (Brueck, Germany) beat Gagne to a ball and scored in the 55th minute to tie it, and Kevin Calnan (Winchester, MA) broke the tie in the 68th minute off a great pass down the wing from Drew Lewis (Rexford, NY). Calnan beat a defender  to the right side of the box, then shot just as Gagne was coming forward, and it was 3-2.

Bard's best opportunity to tie it came in the 79th minute, when Claudio Mastrocinque's header off a corner from Marco Lorenz hit the post.

The Raptors (5-4-1, 0-2-0 LL) host 16th-ranked St. Lawrence in another Liberty League game on Saturday afternoon at 2. Follow that game right here via Live Stats or Live Video.
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