By: Ben Vandenberg
Box Score SEATTLE, WASH — Dartmouth suffers a 3-2 loss in overtime against Seattle to end their West Coast road trip, Sunday afternoon. Junior midfielder
Trevor Gee and senior defender
Matt Pickering each scored in the loss.
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The Big Green trailed 1-0 after the first 45 minutes. In the 23rd minute, Seattle capitalized on a corner kick. The RedHawks served the ball into Dartmouth box and put a header into the back of the Big Green net. Seattle outshot Dartmouth 5-4 in the first, but two saves from freshman goalkeeper
Costi Christodoulou kept the game close at halftime.
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Dartmouth battled back in the second half to take a 2-1 lead through 70 minutes. Just eight minutes into the second, Gee scored off an assist from freshman midfielder
Ben Jenkins. Then, in the 70th minute, Pickering knocked the ball into the Seattle net and senior defender
Jordan Bailon was credited with the assist.
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Both sides continued to go back and forth and the RedHawks outshot the Big Green 12-6. In the 88th minute, Seattle scored to knot the game at two with two minutes to play in regulation. The second goal, like the first, came off a corner kick. The 2-2 score line stuck through the end of regulation.
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The RedHawks scored the game winner just two minutes into the first overtime period. In the 93rd minute, the ball was played into the box and flicked past Christodoulou to give the Big Green their second loss.
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Dartmouth returns to the field, Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m., for a road game against UMass.
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