CHESTERTOWN — No. 5-ranked Dickinson and host Washington played to a scoreless tie Saturday in men’s soccer, despite a total of 33 shots taken by the two sides.
The Shoremen (3-1-4) had the best scoring chance, bang-bang in the 68th minute. Tucker Sprano and Shepherd Koffie fired off shots 5 seconds apart, but both tries were batted away by Red Devils keeper Aidan George.
This was the first Centennial Conference match of the season for both schools.
Dickinson came to Chestertown with an unblemished 7-0 record — six wins by shutout and a 2-1 upset of No. 3 Messiah.
Shore senior Sebastien Linares had the first shot of the afternoon, four minutes in, but it was high and did not require a save.
The home side wouldn’t have another look at the net until the 13th minute when Dominic Miller’s shot was blocked by a Dickinson defender.
In between, Dickinson had seven straight shots, but WC keeper Cole White was there to record three saves.
At the other end, George (three saves) was required to make his first stop in the 18th minute on Katim Njie’s shot low and to the center of the net.
Dickinson closed out the half with four of the last six shots, with White making one save and the other three shots not on frame.
At intermission, the Red Devils led 12-5 in shots. White was credited with four saves.
Dickinson had 11 more shots in the second half, but none tested White.
The last of Dickinson’s six corner kicks came with 21 seconds remaining; the offering from Saul Iwowo went over the top of the net to close out the 0-0 tie.
UP NEXT: the Shoremen travel to McDaniel on Saturday, Sept. 28 for another conference match.
Washington returns home Wednesday, Oct. 2 to face nationally ranked Swarthmore.
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LANCASTER, Pa. — Johns Hopkins is favored to repeat as the Centennial Conference champion, leading a group of three teams that received multiple first-place votes in the annual preseason poll of CC head coaches.
Hopkins captured four first-place nods and 76 points.
Franklin & Marshall (72) and Washington (69) each received three first-place votes.
Projected to complete the six-team conference postseason field were Muhlenberg (55), Dickinson (44) and Swarthmore (43).
Haverford was picked seventh with 35 points, followed by Gettysburg (30), McDaniel (13) and Ursinus (13).
