WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Senior
Antonio Bustamante netted the golden goal off of a free kick in the 109th minute to cap an exciting rally as the William & Mary men's soccer team topped Longwood, 3-2, on Tuesday night at Albert-Daly Field at Martin Family Stadium. The Tribe (2-3) scored twice in the final five minutes to rally from a two-goal deficit, before the game-winner in double OT.
With his three-point night on a goal and an assist, Bustamante moved into the Tribe's career top 10 with 78 points over hte last four seasons.
After allowing a pair of first-half goals, the magic started when W&M got one back in the 86th minute off of a corner kick. With ball bouncing around in the box, freshman
Devin McCarthy played a pass off to his right to senior
Ryder Bell, and the senior striker buried his shot inside the right post to narrow the deficit to one.
Just 88 seconds later the Tribe leveled the score. Freshman
John Andrew Eskay raced down the left side of the pitch before playing the ball to Bustamante. The senior midfielder perfectly placed a cross to the head of sophomore
Sam Golan, and he flicked a header inside the right post to knot the contest at 2-2.
Bustamante found the winner in the 109th minute. After Bell was fouled just outside of the box, the reigning CAA Player of the Year lined his free kick up from about 20-yards out and lined a shot inside the right post to give the Tribe the victory.
Longwood (2-3) took advantage of two Tribe miscues to jump out to a 2-0 lead in the first half. In the sixth minute, Ander Extaniz took control of the loose ball at the top of the penalty area and found Sherif Maalouf, who placed his chance in the right corner of the goal to put the Lancers on the board. LU doubled its lead thanks to a Josh Hanratty penalty kick in the 39th minute.
W&M Starters – #26 Andrews (GK), #3 Bradley, #5 Golan, #6 Kokuuslu, #7 Smith, #10 Bustamante, #11 Bell, #13 Shane, #17 Acosta, #Ngoh
Longwood Starters - #1 Reimers, #3 Yurcisin, #5 Kimiec, #6 Hanratty, #7 Maalouf, #10 Jaquier, #12 Fleming, #14 Abando, #24 Extaniz, #27 Kalchner
Goals
6' | Sherif Maalouf (Longwood) (Assist: Ander Extanzi)
39' | Josh Hanratty (Longwood) (PK)
86'|
Ryder Bell (W&M) (Assist:
Devin McCarthy)
87' |
Sam Golan (W&M) (Assist:
Antonio Bustamante,
John Andrew Eskay)
109' |
Antonio Bustamante (W&M)
Inside the Numbers
- Despite the deficit, W&M controlled the possession for the majority of the match and the offensive categories back that up. The Tribe outshot Longwood 26-12, which included a 13-7 advantage in shots on-goal.
- W&M attempted a season-high 15 corner kicks compared to just two from the Lancers.
- Senior
Antonio Bustamante fired a match-high seven shots for the Green and Gold. Junior
Julian Ngoh (six) and senior
Ryder Bell (three) also had multiple shots in the game.
Notes
Freshmen
James Bradley and
John Eberle as well as junior
Cole Smith received their first career starts … Freshman
Devin McCarthy made his first career appearance … Senior
Ryder Bell notched his fourth goal of the season and the 27th of his Tribe career … Bell owns 72 career points and trails 11th on the Tribe's all-time list by five … McCarthy made the most of his first career appearance when he registered an assist on Bell's goal for his first career point … Sophomore
Sam Golan notched his first goal of the season and second of his career … Senior
Antonio Bustamante notched his NCAA-leading sixth assist and then later added his first goal of the season … The goal was 31st of his W&M career, which is just two outside W&M's top 10, while the assist was his 16th … The three-point effort gives him 78 career points and moves him into 10th all-time in Tribe history … It was the second-straight year the senior netted the overtime game-winner against the Lancers … Over his four career games against Longwood, Bustamante totaled four goals and three assists … Freshman
John Andrew Eskay also added an assist on the equalizer for his first career point … Freshman
Connor Andrews made three saves in his second career win … The Tribe now lead the all-time series 8-0 against Longwood, but three of the last four matches have gone to overtime.
