BC Defeats Colgate in First Round

Advance to Second-Round Game Against Dartmouth

November 22, 2007

NEWTON, Mass. – A pair of goals from a couple of underclassmen propelled the Boston College men’s soccer team to a 2-0 win over Colgate in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday.

BC's Edvin Worley scored one of the Eagles' two goals. (Photo credit: John Quackenbos)

Sophomore Shawn Chin and freshman Edvin Worley each scored one goal and tallied one assist to lead BC to the win in front of 586 fans at the Newton Campus Soccer Complex.

BC (11-7-2) advanced to the second round and will play at Dartmouth on Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 6 p.m. Colgate concludes a season in which it earned Patriot League regular season and tournament titles with a record of 12-6-3.

Chin opened the scoring with his third goal of the season at 18:32. When he one-timed Alejandro Bedoya’s cross with his right foot for his sixth collegiate score. Worley also assisted on the goal.

Worley then doubled the BC margin at 40:57 with a header off a Chin corner kick for his sixth goal of the season.

The host Eagles totaled a 17-4 advantage in shots, including a 10-2 edge in the second half of play.

BC senior goalkeeper Chris Brown did not register a save in his 10th victory of the season and the 29th of his career.

Colgate senior David Cappuccio registered one save in the initial 45 minutes while freshman Chris Miller totaled two saves in the final 45 minutes of play.

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