BRADFORD, Pa. – Temple (8-8; 4-3 Atlantic 10 Conference) scored in the 87th minute Sunday afternoon to defeat the St. Bonaventure men's soccer team (4-10-3; 0-5-2 A-10) by a 2-1 margin from Parkway Stadium.
Nolan Hemmer one-timed a Dalton Carroll cross from the right side of the pitch into the right side of the net for the game-winner. The goal was the third of the year for the sophomore midfielder.
Carroll's tally came not even 10 minutes after the Bonnies were able to fight back to tie the contest at 1-1. Brad Beaumont – a second-half substitute – tapped in an Emmett O'Connor shot which hit the post to get the Bonnies their first goal in 309 minutes of game action. O'Connor received a thru ball played by Daniel Iannacito into the penalty area.
Temple got on the board first as Vaughn Spurrier took a thru ball from Ryan Bradbury, dribbled into the left side of the box and past a charging Bobby Diaz. With the Bona keeper on the ground, Spurrier crossed the ball from his left to right foot, and fired into an open net for his third goal of the campaign.
In the 85th minute, Temple's Drayt Friedman received a red card after pushing a Bonaventure player who was already on the ground following a foul. However, with Friedman ejected from the contest and Temple playing with 10 men, the Owls were able to break the tie and earn their 12th point of the A-10 season.
Diaz, making his fourth appearance of the year, made two saves while his counterpart Bobby Rosato stopped four Bona shots. Bonaventure, for the second game in a row, drastically outshot its opponent as the Bonnies held a 19-12 shot advantage over the Owls, including a 13-7 disparity in the second frame.
St. Bonaventure will conclude the regular season next weekend when it heads to the nation's capital to battle George Washington on Friday before concluding the roadtrip with a visit to Richmond to face the Spiders on Sunday.
GAME NOTES: Reid Gan and Andrew Derayeh both made their first starts of the season … three yellow cards were issued to Temple, one to Hemmer in the 36th minute, one to Billy Kappock in the 56th minute and the last to Sawyer Hemmer in the 85th minute … Bona's out-cornered Temple, 6-3 … the Owls were whistled for nine fouls while the Bonnies committed six … the game was moved due to unplayable conditions at McGraw-Jennings Field.
