WESTMINSTER, Md. - Dickinson scored back-to-back second-half goals and held off a late charge by the McDaniel College men's soccer team to post a 2-1 victory Saturday at the Soccer Complex on Senior Day.
The Green Terror (7-7-1, 1-7 CC) wrap up their regular season home schedule with a 5-3-1 record and are now 16-7-3 at the Soccer Complex over the last three seasons.
The Red Devils (8-6-2, 5-1-2 CC), who are unbeaten in three of their last four against McDaniel, moved within two points of Johns Hopkins for first place in the Centennial Conference standings. The Blue Jays hold the tiebreaker against Dickinson by virtue of a 1-0 road win on Wednesday.
After a scoreless first half, the visitors struck first in the 48th minute when Henry Schultz scored his third goal of the season.
The Red Devils doubled their lead in the 66th minute when Roan Harrington scored his second of the year off an assist from Josh Dozier.
The Green Terror cut the lead in half just six minutes later when sophomore
Nicholas Clarke scored his team-leading ninth goal of the season on a feed from first-year
Brayden Large who picked up his first career point on the play.
Clarke is second in league in goals this season, trailing only Haverford's Charles Sharp.
Clarke had another shot in the 73rd minute that was turned away by Dickinson's Gavin Marr on what was McDaniel's final shot on goal over the final 17 minutes.
The Red Devils held a 22-8 margin in shots, totaling 11 in each half.
Playing in his final regular season home game, senior
Tate Roth finished with six saves, including five in the second half.
The Green Terror conclude the regular season with back-to-back road contests beginning on Wednesday with a non-conference contest at Keystone. Kickoff is at 6 p.m.
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