Webb Scores Twice as Tartans Upend Mount Aloysius in Overtime

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – Senior William Webb's (Dallas, Texas/J.J. Pearce) 12th goal of the season 4:40 into the first overtime lifted the Carnegie Mellon University men's soccer team to a 3-2 victory over visiting Mount Aloysius College Wednesday, October 21.  The win moves the Tartans record to 9-2-3 while the Mounties are now 10-5-1.

Mount Aloysius was first to get on the scoreboard on an own goal that deflected of a Tartan defender in the 37th minute of play.  The Tartans answered before the first half came to a close, as the teams enter the half knotted at 1-1.  Freshman Philip Petrakian's (Redwood City, Calif./Sacred Heart Preparatory) serve pass deflected off a Mounties defenders head right to the foot of freshman Sean MacPherson (Palo Alto, Calif./Gunn) who fired the shot to the back of the net with six seconds showing on the clock.

With 4:30 to play in regulation, Mount Aloysius' Aubrey Brown one-touched a corner kick by Jim Smith and laid it past Tartans senior keeper Eric Bykowsky (Columbia, S.C./Irmo).  The score gave the visitor's a 2-1 advantage.

Seventy-four seconds later, Carnegie Mellon equalized on Webb's first goal of the night.  The senior took a loose ball off the Mounties keeper, Kyle Lachance, after a break through and fired the ball to the open net to send the game into overtime.

In the extra frame, Webb's goal came when he got behind a Mountie defender and took a pass from freshman Zack Masciopinto (Arlington Heights, Ill./Buffalo Grove) and shot the ball on goal which deflected off Lachance's hands and went in the back of the net.

The Tartans return to University Athletic Association play on the road Friday, October 30 with a game at No. 13 Washington University in St. Louis at 7:00 p.m. CST.