Worcester, Mass. - Junior Kyle Klapp
(Guilderland, N.Y.) scored his second career goal late in the first
overtime to propel the Clark University men's soccer team to a
dramatic 2-1 win in a key non-conference matchup over visiting
Brandeis on Sunday afternoon on Granger Field.
The win was the third straight for the Cougars who will now play
eight of their next ten games at home after playing three of their
first four games away from Granger Field.
Graduate student Mike Trobagis (Acton, Mass.)
scored his fifth goal of the season with help from Tim Doenmez (Dublin, N.H.) early in the second half to give
Clark a 1-0 lead.
The Judges fought back and evened the score with a goal from Matt
Peabody, who was set up by Sam Ocel in the 71st minute.
The action started early in overtime as the Cougars' Jeremy Radovsky (San Francisco, Calif.) looked as if he would end
the game with a header attempt but Brandeis goalkeeper Matt Lynch
made an excellent save to keep the game tied.
The Judges has their own shot at ending the contest moments later
when Ocel was one-on-one with Clark keeper Ryan King (Brimfield, Mass.) on the left side of the goal but
was turned away.
Klapp then scored the game winner after picking up a loose ball and
splitting a pair of defenders before firing a shot past Lynch at
96:27.
King made four saves in goal, while Lynch sent back a pair for
Brandeis, who falls to 0-2-1 on the season.
Clark is back in action on Wednesday when they host Rhode Island
College at 6:00 p.m.