Box Score

Brooklyn, NY---The Brooklyn College Men's Soccer Team (2-9, 1-5 CUNYAC) came back from a two goal deficit to send their final home game of the season into overtime, but could not hang on as Medgar Evers' Kelly Celestine scored four minutes into the extra session to give Medgar (6-8, 4-2 CUNYAC) a 3-2 victory.

The game was a very physical, well-played affair as both teams spent most of the first half trying to control the midfield.  An early goal by Kwame Adisson gave Medgar a 1-0 lead that they carried into halftime. 

Eight minutes into the second stanza, Medgar negated a BC attack and then lofted a ball over the Brooklyn defenders.  When first-year goalkeeper Scott Geller came out too far to try and stop the Celestine, who caught up to the pass and was in the clear, all the Medgar forward had to do was touch the ball past Geller and into the empty net for a 2-0 Cougar lead.

Brooklyn came right back and scored within the next 30 seconds as Stephen Chase (St. Mary's College/Brooklyn, NY) scored off a deflection from the Medgar goalie Eric Browne, who stopped a shot from Elis Llagami (FDR/Brooklyn, NY).

The game remained 2-1 for the next 22 minutes, but then BC got a corner kick from the left side and Llagami aired the ball to the right post where Jason Trotman (Fatima College/Brooklyn, NY) headed the ball passed Browne and the game was now tied.

During the short overtime session, Medgar Evers' Tito Thorpe sailed a pass over the Brooklyn defense, finding Celestine for the game-winner.

Although dejected from the game's outcome, BC has played a much improved brand of soccer over the second half of their season and is primed to make a run at the playoffs as they hit the road to take on CCNY on Saturday at 6pm.