Box Score JOHNSON, Vt. – Visiting University of Maine-Farmington ended the Johnson State College men's soccer season on Saturday as the visiting Beavers topped JSC 3-1 in North Atlantic Conference action at Minaert Field. The Badgers end their campaign at 1-16, 0-9 NAC while Farmington improves to 2-14, 1-7 NAC.
UMF received scores from senior Jake Constantine (Woodland, N.J./Seneca), freshman Dahir Muktar (Lewiston, Maine/Lewiston), and senior Michael Kelly (Norton, Mass./Norton) while sophomore Matt Potter (Waterville, Maine/Erskine Academy) and sophomore Luiz Ristow (Joinville, Brazil/Positivo Joinville) each earned assists.
Johnson's single score came courtesy of a converted penalty kick by senior Chandler Halbur.
Potter sent in a long, arcing pass from a dead ball strike from just inside midfield and Constantine was able to get behind the Johnson defense and beat Johnson keeper Ryan Belen from point blank range for the 1-0 lead in the 13th minute.
Muktar's goal in the 53rd minute came via a nifty feed from Ristow who had possession in the middle of field just outside the penalty box and sent a pass to the left side for Muktar who deposited the shot just inside the far post.
Kelly's unassisted effort came when the senior lofted a shot from the right side line and well outside the penalty box over the extended arms of Belen with 32:42 left in the match.
Halbur's conversion of the penalty kick came after freshman Brendan Mulhern was pulled down inside the box after a nice moved freed him up.
UMaine-Farmington will close out the regular season on Tuesday, Oct. 23, at Thomas College.
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