Arling’s Two Goals Pushes ‘Cats Past Northeastern, 3-0

Wednesday, September 21

Durham, N.H.

7:30 PM

University of New Hampshire

7-1-0

Northeastern University

2-5-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Northeastern	0	0	0
New Hampshire	1	2	3

Photo by: Audrey Powell

9/21/2016 10:02:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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DURHAM, N.H. – Sophomore forward Chris Arling (Windham, N.H.) scored a pair of goals as the University of New Hampshire men's soccer team shutout Northeastern University Wednesday night, 3-0. The game was played at Wildcat Stadium on the campus of UNH. Freshman Jack Dickson (Bournemouth, England) had three points on a goal and an assist.

UNH (7-1-0) Team Stats
19 shots
10 shots on goal
4 corner kicks

Northeastern (2-5-0) Team Stats
11 shots
5 shots on goal
2 corner kicks

Top UNH Performers
Arling: 2 goals. 8 shots, 7 shots on goal, 50 minutes played
Dickson: 1 goal, 1assist, 3 goals, 2 assists, 50 minutes played
Andrew Pesci (Windham, N.H.): 5 shots faced, 5 saves, third consecutive shutout (7-1-0)

Northeastern Top Performers
Matt Dabrowski: 7 saves, 3 shots faced
Khori Bennett: 3 shots, 3 shots on goal

Up Next: team remains home and plays Yale University Saturday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. and on Friday, Sept. 30 against UMBC at 7 p.m.

Highlights
--First Half--
The Wildcats got on the board in the 18^th board as Arling recorded his sixth goal of the season. The play started with Dickson blazing down the sideline and playing a ball to the top of the six-yard box. His pass was met in stride by the foot of Arling who it away.

--Second Half--
Dickson garnered his third point of the game and his fourth goal of the season to pad the UNH lead to 2-0. His goal came in the 51^st minute as senior co-captain Chris Wingate (Hovik, Norway) flung a free kick into the mixer that connected with Lalaina Randriamanantena (Auvergne, France) tipped on to Dickson. Dickson ripped a shot into the net to complete the play.

Arling notched his seventh goal of the season and second of the game in the 57^th minute of play. He gained control of the ball and smoked a NU defender along the left side of the field and dribbled it into the box. He ripped a shot to the inside of the net that beat NU keeper Matt Dabrowski.

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