College Beat: Brooklyn College Bulldogs start strong, but fall short to Baruch in CUNYAC title game
There’s nothing quite like a strong start, except, of course, for a great finish.
The Brooklyn College men’s soccer team learned that lesson the hard way last Saturday night at Randall’s Island Field, running out to an early two-goal lead before suffering a tough 4-2 loss to top-seeded Baruch College in the City University of New York Athletic Conference Soccer Championship Game.
“We scored two goals very early on; however, I knew it was going to be a long game and we would need to do more to win the match,” said BC’s Rawle Hensford, who was named the CUNYAC Coach of the Year after leading the Bulldogs to a 13-5-2 record, which earned them a berth in this week’s Eastern College Athletic Conference playoffs.
“We had more opportunities to go up by three and even to go ahead 3-2 (after Baruch tied it), but we failed to take those opportunities and made some costly mistakes,” added Hensford, who watched BC take a 2-0 lead on a pair of tallies from junior Peterson Petit-Frere in the opening stages of the first half. “I give Baruch a lot of credit; they worked hard and got the results. I wish them well in the NCAA Tournament.”