Box Score NEW LONDON, Conn. – Sophomore Ryan Dandan scored a goal and added two assist as six different players scored for the Bears in their 6-0 win over the Mariners.
Coast Guard improves to 3-7-0 on the year winning their last two in a row while Mitchell drops to 3-5-1 on the season.
The Bears let little time slip by as Dandan took a pass from senior Lukas Benedetto and slotted a shot underneath sophomore goalkeeper Romer Ochoa for his first goal of the year 35 seconds into the game.
Just under two minutes later off a Coast Guard corner, junior Kyle Phillips directed a shot on goal that was turned away by Ochoa but senior Jason Kingsley stepped up and finished off his first goal of season giving the Bears a 2-0 lead 2:45 into the match.
At the 16:04 minute mark freshman Garrett Magill split two Mitchell defenders with a pass to Dandan towards the Mariners end line. Dandan continued to dribble to the touch line before he cut a cross back to Magill who was in the center of the box. Magill fired a shot one time for his first collegiate goal.
Coast Guard continued to press in the first half as Magill took a corner later in the period from the left side. His cross found Phillips on the back post who sent a header towards goal only to be denied by the woodwork and cleared out by the Mitchell defense.
The second half continued to be dominated by the Bears as Benedetto beat Ochoa with a shot but the ball deflected off the post. Senior Ricky Davies came charging in and one timed the rebound into the back of the net for his first goal of the season 49:31 into the game.
Dandan notched his second assist of the game in the 56th minute as he beat a Mariners defender with a nutmeg and then found Benedetto with a pass in front of the goal. Benedetto fired a shot on goal for his team leading third goal of the season.
Finishing off the scoring on the night was sophomore Luke Telang who dribbled into the box from the left side and fired a shot on goal. Ochoa was able to get his body in front of the ball initially but the ball ricocheted off the goalkeeper and spun into the back of the net for Telang's second goal of the season.
Freshman William Bragaw earned the win and combined with fellow freshman Marshall Grant for the shutout as they faced nine shots, zero on goal, making zero saves. Bragaw improves to 2-3 on the year and it was Grants first collegiate minutes.
Ochoa faced 21 shots, 10 on goal, making four saves and allowing six goals. His season record drops to 0-3-1 on the year.
Coast Guard is back in action this Saturday, October 3rd as they travel to Cambridge, Massachusetts for a pivotal NEWMAC game against MIT. Kickoff is 1:00 pm.
