Landreth Breaks Away, Leads Fighting Owls To Victory In OT

From HCC’s Sports Desk

BEL AIR, Md. — Freshman Steve Landreth (Churchville, Md./Harford Tech) scored on a breakaway during the 94th minute to give Harford a 2-1 overtime win over Howard on Thursday afternoon at Harford Stadium.

Landreth took a feed from sophomore Curtis Ballard (Pylesville, Md./Harford Christian) into the open field and fired at the 93:59 mark to clinch the overtime win for the Fighting Owls (5-7-1, 3-6-0 MDJUCO).

The Dragons (2-7-0, 2-6-0 MDJUCO) drew blood first with an unassisted goal off a scramble by Promise Ebinum in the 69th minute, but Harford answered less than 10 minutes later at the 77:24 mark when freshman Markos Katsaros (Fallston, Md./Fallston) collected a ball from sophomore Lav Shabani (Aberdeen, Md./Aberdeen) and fired into the lower left corner to knot the score at one goal apiece.

The tie would carry over into overtime from the regulation 90:00, which saw freshman Scott Covelly (Bel Air, Md./Fallston) come out firing as he recorded a shot at the 90:42 mark.  Not to be outdone, IK Mbonu took a shot on target at the 92:28 mark, but it was Landreth’s attempt at 93:59 that would determine the outcome.

The Dragons held a 19-11 advantage on shots and 3-1 advantage on corner kicks, while freshman goalie Taylor Dize (Bel Air, Md./Salem Christian) totaled seven saves to Calvin Kirkwood’s five.

The Fighting Owls return to action this Saturday when they host Salem for a 12:00 p.m. match at Harford Stadium.

                          Soccer Game Summary (Final)
                              Harford Men’s Soccer
                Howard vs Harford (Oct 02, 2008 at Bel Air, Md).
 Howard (2-7-0, 2-6-0 MDJUCO) vs. Harford (5-7-1, 3-6-0 MDJUCO)
 Date: Oct 02, 2008  Attendance: 49
 Weather: Sunny, cool, windy
Goals by period 1 2 OT Tot
 Howard 0 1 0 1
 Harford 0 1 1 2
 
 SCORING SUMMARY:
 1 68:02 HOW Ebinum, Promise (unassisted) – shot off scramble goal by 10
 2 77:24 HCC Katsaros, Markos (Shabani, Lavdrim) – assist by 17 shot by 25 lower left corne
 3 93:59 HCC Landreth, Steve (Ballard, Curtis) – assist by 34 goal by 19 on a open break
Shots: Howard 19, Harford 11
 Saves: Howard 5 (Kirkwood, Calvin 5), Harford 7 (Dize, Brian 7)