Lions Athletics Updates

Lions Men's Soccer Battle Tough Week on Schedule
Team Took Two Games to Overtime

September 23, 2002 - CCBC Dundalk's Men's Soccer team battled through one of the
toughest week's on this season's schedule going to overtime in consecutive games. The
Lions lost to CCBC Essex 3-2 on Wednesday and, less than 48 hours later, played
Montgomery - Rockville to a 1-1 tie Friday afternoon.

In the Essex game, Dundalk had a chance to win with a penalty kick late in regulation.
The kick was almost good, but bounced off the right goal post. Dundalk shot again but
missed on the rebound attempt and the game went to a sudden-death overtime. Early in
the first overtime period, CCBC Essex scored on a penalty kick, winning the hard-fought contest.
While the Lions lost the game, they knew that they had every opportunity to beat Essex,
the twelfth ranked team (Division II) in the country.

Then, just two days later, the Lions faced another ranked team, Montgomery - Rockville
(eleventh ranked, Division III). Dundalk again played extremely well, with the game
ending in a 1-1 tie. Dundalk learned a lot this week about team depth. Head Coach,
Ben Bays, feels good about the team's potential as the season progresses.

This week, the Lions will host the College of Southern Maryland on Tuesday (September 24)
night at 6:00 PM at CCBC Dundalk's Stadium field. Then, Dundalk travels to Cecil Community
College for a 12:00 PM contest on Saturday (September 28). For game results, visit the men's
soccer page on CCBC Dundalk's
Athletics Website at http://www.ccbcmd.edu/athletics/dundalk/soccer.htm.

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