PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Seniors
Bruno Teixeira and sophomore
Ryan Alves scored first-half goals for the JWU (Providence) men's soccer team in a 2-2 tie with Curry College Saturday evening on Senior Night in Conference of New England (CNE) action at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Athletic Complex.
Seniors
Chad Parente and
Christopher Vargas racked up assists for the Wildcats (3-1-7, 2-1-3 CNE), who set a program-record with their seventh draw of the season. JWU outshot the visitors 23-7 but surrendered nine corner kicks while receiving three of their own.
Alves struck for his first goal of the season just 63 seconds into the match off a feed from Parente to stake the Wildcats to a 1-0 lead. Teixeira doubled the lead at 22:45 with his seventh marker of the season.
Curry cut its deficit in half on the seventh goal of the season off the foot of Aiden Watts at 57:03. The Colonels (5-5-4, 1-2-2 CNE) received a corner kick with eight seconds remaining in regulation. The attempt by Bradlee Sorenson clipped off the hands of JWU junior goalkeeper
William Slayton and into the net as time expired.
Slayton finished the match with a pair of saves. Alves and Teixeira each fired off five shots.
Prior to the start of the match, the Wildcats honored Teixeira, Parente, Alves, Vargas,
Alexander Nardolillo,
Elijah Coleman,
Victor Nordloff,
Jordan Thibodeau,
Colin Laidlaw,
Jevic Perez,
Vincent Tredici, and
Bennett Varanelli.
