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Panther men nab NCAA bid after setback in final

NEW LONDON, Conn. — Third-seeded Tufts on Saturday edged the No. 4 seed Middlebury College men’s soccer team, 1-0, in a NESCAC semifinal played on the campus of top-seeded Connecticut College.

The Panthers slipped to 10-4-3, but still received a bid to the NCAA Division III tournament. They will head to a Regional hosted by Franklin & Marshall this weekend in Lancaster, Penn., where they will face SUNY-Oneonta (10-3-3) in a first-round match at 3:30 p.m. Franklin & Marshall (14-3-1) will take on SUNY- Polytechnic (15-2-3) in a 1 p.m., and the winners will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday.

The Panthers outshot Tufts this past Saturday, 20-14, but the third-seeded Jumbos scored the game’s only goal with 9:35 left in the first half, when Jumbo Ethan Feigin buried a rebound for the game-winner. The goal was the first allowed by the Panthers in the previous 407:56 of action.

Middlebury goalkeeper Ryan Grady made two saves, and goalie Erik Lauta made five stops for the Jumbos.

Tufts (13-1-3) went on to defeat Conn. College, 2-0 in Sunday’s final.

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