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...Midfielder Mike Fucito gets a through ball to Akpan, who seems to be free on goal. But at the last possible moment, a Bruins defender slides in and strips Akpan of the ball...
...traveled to sunny Los Angeles for the match, where the weather today was 80 degrees, will take Marshall Field in Westwood, Calif. The Crimson earned the trip after a come-from-behind first-round win against Binghamton. Sophomore Mike Fucito and Ivy League Freshman of the Year André Akpan scored the tying and winning goals in the victory...
...once we got the first one, we were going to get more. We knew eventually it was going to come.” Luckily for Harvard, Fucito was correct. His goal did pick up the spirits and energy of the team, leading to another goal by freshman forward Andre Akpan twenty minutes later. Fucito and his ability didn’t escape the eye of Bearcats’ head Coach Paul Marco though. Marco noticed that throughout the first half of play, the Crimson had been trying to attack more on the left flank – Fucito?...
...would score goals,” captain Charles Altchek said.The breakthrough for the win came on a spectacular play by the Crimson rookies. Chey Im received the ball in the midfield and threaded a perfect pass straight up the gut of the offensive zone to freshman André Akpan. Akpan, who was very nearly offsides, took the ball almost all the way to the end line on the right side of the goal and then launched a shot that nudged off of the left post and bounced over the goal line for the 2-1 lead...
...Although Akpan and captain Charles Altchek had been named, respectively, Ivy Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year earlier in the week, it was a less heralded star who was at the heart of the comeback against the Bearcats on Saturday...