September 12, 2009
Eagles Nipped By Badgers In 2 OT's, 2-1

Courtesy Johnson State Sports Information

JOHNSON, Vt. – Johnson State freshman Noor Bulle (Burlington, Vt.) scored the game-winning goal with 1:35 remaining in the second overtime to lift the Badgers over visiting non-conference foe Daniel Webster College on Saturday at Minaert Field. The win pushes Johnson State to 2-1 (0-0 North Atlantic Conference) while the loss drops DWC to 0-2 (0-0 New England Collegiate Conference).

Alex Jackson (Kent, Ohio) scored the game’s first goal at the 7:43 mark taking a long pass from Andre Garcia (Springfield, Mass.) and beating JSC keeper Steve Noyes (Barre, Vt./Spaulding) to his left to give Daniel Webster the early lead.

Bulle would score his first goal of the contest just minutes later at 11:38 of the first half collecting an Alex Komeyan (Essex, Vt./Essex) feed and knock it home past the Eagles’ Joe Keene (Bristol, N.H.) to knot the game at 1-1.

The team’s would battle back and forth and scoreless over the next 89 minutes of play with Daniel Webster holding a 20-19 shot lead until Bulle’s late heroics. Bulle maintained balance and collected a bounding ball between two DWC defenders, pushed the ball into open space, and, one-on-one with Keene, deposited the game-winner to the left corner of the goal to lift the Badgers to the victory.

Noyes, in his first collegiate start, made six saves to earn the win for Johnson State while Keene made five stops for Daniel Webster. Both keepers made outstanding, game-saving stops during both overtime sessions.

Johnson State will host in-state non-conference Norwich University on Tuesday, September 15 at 4:00 pm in their next contest while the Eagles will travel to Fisher College next Saturday the 19th for a 2:00 pm start.