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October 09, 2011 | Men's Soccer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (10/8/11) - Brown's T.J. Popolizio scored 1:23 into the first overtime to lift the Bears to a 3-2 win over Princeton in men's soccer on Saturday, Oct. 8 at Stevenson Field.
A yellow card given to Princeton would set up Brown's game-winning goal. Taylor Gorman took the restart on the right side and Popolizio used a header to end the game in the 92nd minute.
The teams traded goals in the first half, scoring within 4:18 of each other. Brown's Evan Coleman put Brown on the board first in the 31st minute on a corner kick. Jay Hayward took the corner and Sean Rosa found the ball in a scramble and flicked the ball to Coleman who put it away.
Senior Antoine Hoppenot converted his second penalty kick of the season in the 36th minute to knot the game.
The Tigers would take the lead in the 48th minute when sophomore Patrick O'Neil fed junior Matt Sanner who rifled a shot from 25 yards out that rolled into the bottom corner of the net.
Princeton didn't sit back on its heels, as the Tigers had four shots, two on frame, in the next two minutes. In fact, Princeton would have six of the next 10 shots.
It was a blocked shot by Hayward in the 82nd minute that would lead to Brown tying the game on Popolizio's first goal of the game. The Bears were awarded a free kick and Hayward's restart was blocked but Popolizio was able to get a head on the rebound and put it away to force the overtime.
Brown had a slight edge in shots 19-17 while Princeton took seven of the game's 13 corner kicks.
Junior goalkeeper Max Gallin made four saves for the Tigers, while Sam Kernan-Schloss made seven stops for the Bears who improve to 6-4-1 overall and 1-1 in league play.
Princeton falls to 2-7-1 on the season and 0-2 in the Ivy League.
Princeton hosts Lafayette on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 5 p.m., in a live televised game on ESPNU.
