Nardo Tallies Hat Trick for Shoremen in Win

CHESTERTOWN, MD -- Freshman forward/midfielder Chris Nardo (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) scored three goals, including one of the two that broke the Centennial Conference record for fastest consecutive goals by the same team, as host Washington College rolled past visiting Goucher, 5-0, in a non-conference men's soccer game tonight on Kibler Field at Roy Kirby, Jr. Stadium. The record was short-lived, however, as two players from Muhlenberg scored goals 15 seconds apart in a game of their own later in the evening.

Nardo scored his first goal just 3:17 into the game when he lofted in a long kick off an assist from freshman forward/midfielder Josh Goheen (Bel Air, MD/John Carroll). 

Freshman forward Sam Wild (Chalfont, PA/Central Bucks West) buried a shot into the lower right corner at 20:08.  The Shoremen (2-3) struck again just 17 seconds later when Wild sent a through ball to Nardo, who ended up one-on-one with Goucher goalkeeper David Spivey and netted his second goal of the game.  The 17-second difference between the two goals broke the Centennial Conference record of 30 seconds set by Johns Hopkins players John Del Monaco and Peter Quin in a game against Gettysburg in 1997.

Washington scored again for the third time in less than two minutes when junior defender Colin Kidwell (Potomac, MD/Winston Churchill) knocked in a rebound at 22:00 off a shot by Goheen that caromed off the left post.

Nardo completed his hat trick in the second half, dribbling in wide open space and scoring from the right-side of the box at 62:33 after receiving a pass from Wild.

Junior goalkeeper Chris Phipps (Newark, DE/St. Mark's) made seven saves in the first half for the Shoremen, while sophomore goalkeeper Tyler Cabot (Hightstown, NJ/Peddie School) made five in the second half, including a diving stop on a penalty kick. Spivey made seven saves in the loss for the Gophers (2-4).

The Shoremen finished with a 23-21 advantage in shots. Goucher had an 8-7 edge in corner kicks in the game.

Muhlenberg, which kicked off against Moravian at 7:00 p.m., the same time as tonight's Washington-Goucher game, saw Nate Squire and Cody Antonini score goals 15 seconds apart during the second half, at 60:02 and 60:17, respectively. The Mules won their game, 5-2.

The Shoremen, who had lost to the Gophers each of the last four years, open Centennial Conference play Saturday with a 3:30 p.m. game at Dickinson.