Exeter 12  Moses Brown School 7
Sat, 4/19 Tufts University - The game ball winning senior midfield line of James Montalvo, Taylor Evans, and co-captain Suresh Jones fueled a furious 4th quarter offensive barrage of six unanswered goals that led Exeter to a hard fought 12-7 win over Moses Brown. This was a game that started great for the BIG RED as they reeled off four goals to begin the game and take a 4-0 lead with less than three minutes to play in the 1st quarter. A Moses Brown middie unassisted goal followed by a man-advantage goal made the game 4-2 after the first quarter, and brought renewed confidence and energy to Moses Brown. Exeter was dominating the ball and possession, but similar to the NYA game on Wednesday, Exeter shooters were being thwarted by great goalie play by the opposition. Although significantly outshot in the 2nd quarter, Moses Brown managed to outscore Exeter 3-1 and tie the score 5-5 at the half. Exeter played with even more intensity in the 3rd quarter as the defense of Wiley Dornseif, Stew Stout, Will Tuttle, Jon Reed and Tom Rubel put tremendous pressure on the Moses Brown attack and kept giving the Exeter offense opportunities to score. However, the Moses Brown goalie and defense held Exeter to just one Tom Petty 3rd quarter solo score while their offense squeezed out two of their own. The Exeter senior middies took over in the 4th quarter when Taylor Evans scored consecutively on a hard lefty bounce shot, and then followed 40 seconds later with a rocket to the upper corner. This gave Exeter a lead they would not relinquish. Captain Gavin Nurick enabled the Exeter momentum to build by winning every single 4th quarter face-off, most of them single handedly. At the other end of the field, rookie goalie Eric Hassett made four key saves and cleared the ball flawlessly to keep Exeter on offense. After Ryan Beer scored his 2nd goal of the game at the 7-minute mark, Suresh Jones assisted middie linemate James Montalvo for his 2nd goal of the day to give Exeter a 10-7 advantage. Suresh then scored unassisted 15 seconds later, and the game was essentially over with less than four minutes to play. Exeter's twelfth goal was scored by attackman John Rollo. Moses Brown attempted to extend pressure only to have John successfully dodge his man and convert. This game was significant for Exeter because of the great offensive punch delivered by the Exeter middies. Although the attack of Mike Hines (1/1), Sloan Smith (2/0), Tom Petty (1/0), and John Rollo (1/0) played well, there was more scoring balance between attack and midfield then in previous games this season. This bodes well for the future. See 15 second video clip

Team	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	Game Total
Exeter	4	1	1	6	12
Moses Brown	2	3	2	0	7

Game Ball Winner(s) - Taylor Evans, James Montalvo, Suresh Jones

Game Scoring - Goals - Evans(2), Beer(2), Montalvo(2), Smith(2), Hines, Petty, Jones, Rollo

                           Assists - Hines, Evans, Jones

Saves/Shots on Goal - Rodier 2/9, Hassett 4/4