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Discuss “Men’s soccer season ends with 3–2 overtime loss”

The Carnegie Mellon men’s soccer team saw its season come to an end in an unfortunate fashion in the quarterfinals of the ECAC South Tournament. The Tartans hosted Frostburg State University Wednesday and lost 3–2 in overtime, as the Bobcats needed only 11 seconds of overtime to score the game-winning goal.

A quiet first half saw the Tartans strike first in the 13th minute. Sophomore forward Ricky Griffin crossed the ball from the left side toward the front of the goal and a Frostburg defender slid and kicked the ball into his own net to put Carnegie Mellon up 1–0.

“The first goal was a little lucky because they kicked it into their own net,” Griffin said. “However, we had a couple guys in the box ready to put it in if he didn’t.”

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