Bates vs. Ashton Town

Bates and the Ashton Town FC battled last night on a beautiful night at Edge Hill College. Ashton Town drew first blood early on in the match on a terrific freekick from outside the 18-yard box. Ten minutes later, Ashton Town would relinquish their lead for good, as the Bobcats tied the game up on a truly fantastic goal. Beginning in the back, Pat King '10 passed the ball through the middle to Duane Pelz '09, who touched it on to Mark Grande '08 who slipped a ball through the defense and into the corner for Pat Grater '08. Grater magically flighted a curving ball with his left foot to a streaking Brent Morin '08 on the back post, who finished with a header (surprisingly) placed in the top corner. The goal was, indeed, the best so far this trip. Before the break, Pelz dribbled through a number of defenders before going around the goalie and walking the ball around the post and into the net. At half, Bobcats up 2-1. It didn't take more than five minutes for Bates to strike again, the final blow as it turned out, when the Ashton defense parted like the Red Sea for a Morin pass to find a the left foot of Mark Grande who finished with style. In the end, it was a decisive victory for the Yanks from Maine.