Box Score
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Opening its season with a 2008 NCAA Tournament qualifier proved to be a difficult task as the
The opening frame was a defensive battle with neither side finding the back of the net. The Cardinal and Gray had several chances to end the deadlock, but Gulls’ goalie \#Daniel Higgins\# (
MIT snapped the scoring drought just
The Therkelsen-Kabelac connection returned in the 69th minute to give the Engineers a 3-0 lead. Kabelac squeezed a pass along the near sideline which Therkelsen dribbled past a pair of defenders and placed in the lower far corner of the net. During the next minute, a throw-in by the Gulls’ \#TJ Sapienza\# (
The Engineers capped the scoring in the 72nd minute following a miscue by Higgins as he came out of the box with the ball, resulting in an EC penalty. Standing at the top of the box, Kabelac calmly sent the ball around the wall and into the top right corner of the goal.
Three minutes later, Endicott made another charge at net as a free kick by \#Joe Ryan\# (
Rankin collected three saves for MIT and earned the first shutout of his career. Higgins tallied six saves for the Gulls.
Next up for the Blue and Green will be a road game at
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