Oct. 17, 2008
Box Score
Duquesne's men's soccer team fell to 1-2-0 in Atlantic 10 play with a 3-2, overtime loss to visiting Rhode Island, Friday evening on Rooney Field.
The Dukes scored two goals in the final 6:02 of regulation to send the contest into the extra period, but gave up a score three minutes into overtime to suffer the loss.
After 61 minutes of scoreless soccer, Rhode Island found the net for a 1-0 lead, sparking a frantic final 32 minutes of play which saw five goals, six yellow cards, two red cards and numerous additional fouls in that span.
URI took a 2-0 lead in the 76th minute, before Stefan Lundberg scored for the Dukes in the 84th minute to cut the deficit in half.
Greg Annan then buried a shot into the bottom right corner of the net with 14 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime, before the Rams tallied the winning goal.
The Red and Blue return to action on Sunday, Oct. 19 as they host UMass in the home season finale.
