Courtesy Trinity Sports Information

Box Score

HARTFORD, Conn. – Senior forward Nick Cantone (New York, N.Y.) had a goal and an assist and classmate Zac Trudeau (Norwell, Mass.) made four saves to earn a shutout in goal, as third-seeded Trinity posted a 2-0 victory over sixth-seeded Tufts in the quarterfinals of the NESCAC Men's Soccer Championship this afternoon.

Trinity improves to 11-4 and advances to the NESCAC semifinals for the first time ever. The Bantams will play No. 2-seeded Amherst College in the semifinals on Saturday, Nov. 8 at top-seeded Middlebury College. No. 6-seeded Tufts ends the season with an 8-6-1 mark.

Cantone scored in the 20th minute on a rebound after Tufts senior tri-captain goalie David McKeon (Loudonville, N.Y.) had made back-to-back saves on point-blank shots by Bantam sophomore midfielder Peter Marlette (Buffalo, N.Y.) and junior forward Sam Wisner (Wayland, Mass.). Marlette had a used a series of pretty individual moves to advance the ball down the right wing and along the end line to the Tufts goal.

The score stayed put at 1-0 until Bantam junior midfielder Chris Doran (Wayland, Mass.) gave Trinity an insurance goal in the 77th minute, controlling the ball and making a quick move on a Tufts back who was defending the goal with McKeon out of position. Marlette and Cantone provided assists on the play.

Tufts had an early chance to score when junior forward Dan Schoening (Kenmore, Wash.) fired just over the cross bar from 18 yards away and the Bantam net empty, after a Trinity back had fallen down with the ball and Trudeau had not yet gotten back in place. The Jumbos controlled play for the majority of the second half, as Doran’s goal came on Trinity’s only second-half shot, but could not come up with any scoring opportunities. McKeon finished with six saves, while Trudeau records his second shutout of the Jumbos in eight days.