Word: goals
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After a Crimson siege of the Cornell goal that lasted nearly three periods, inside John Mudd pushed over a score at 19:40 of the fourth quarter and gave the varsity soccer team a 2-1 victory over the Big Red Saturday in a home contest...
...Mudd's goal came near the end of a contest dominated almost entirely by the Crimson offense. Cornell, remembering Larry Ekpebu's two decisive tallies last fall, assigned three men to cover the Crimson center forward. As a result, John McIntosh and Tadgh Sweeney, the varsity's wings, had numerous scoring opportunities and were able to dribble down the field with a minimum of resistance...
Mudd scored the first goal for the Crimson with 18:10 gone in the opening quarter. Halfback Bill Rapp dropped a perfect pass right in front of the Cornell nets, and the entire center of the varsity line charged en masse, sending everything--ball, goalie, and a few stray defenders--rolling into the goal. Mudd gave the ball the final nudge...
...third period, the Big Red offense disappeared, while the varsity got off several good shots. Only the alert play of Cornell's Scotty Holmes in the goal staved off disaster. As the fourth quarter wore on, however, it seemed that the Crimson's domination of play might not be enough to defeat the exhausted...
...break came at 19:40. Charlie Steele sent a pass to inside Bruce Johnstone in front of the Cornell goal. As Holmes came out to meet him, Johnstone passed the ball to his right, where Mudd, again in the right place at the right time, had a short, unobstructed shot at the goal. Even though the varsity concentrated entirely on defense for the last two minutes, Cornell still could not get the ball out of its own territory...