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...goal proved to be critical, as the Big Green dominated the ball for the rest of the half. Junior Alex Chi worked hard in the midfield to send the ball up, but senior forward Andre Akpan and freshman forward Brian Rogers were stifled by Dartmouth’s physical defense. Clashes sent Akpan to the ground on a few occasions, and the co-captain seemed to be looking for penalties to be called...
Meanwhile, Dartmouth’s strikers Austin Bowers, Kevin Dzierzawski, and Maarten van Ess were pressuring the Crimson defense and goalie Austin Harms through the end of the first half and into the second. Though the defense was able to keep the ball away from the goal, it seemed only a matter of time before Dartmouth found the back...
...Green’s lucky moment came at 55:26, when sophomore Lucky Mkosana fired the ball past Harms off an assist from classmate van Ess. The Crimson had held off two offensives before the goal, but it was unable to clear the ball past midfield...
Midfielder Brian Grimm kicked the ball far down the field to the right side...
Akpan was waiting for it, but so were two Big Green defenders, both of whom were to his inside. Controlling the ball, the forward quickly reversed direction and beat the first defender to the inside, firing the ball to the opposite corner before the second could touch...