Dane Bodziak scored two goals, but it was not enough as the Caldwell University Men's Soccer team ends the Chestnut Hill college Men's Soccer team's quest for a playoff spot with a 4-2 win Saturday at Victory Field.
The Griffins fall to 4-11-2 overall and 2-7 in Central Atlantic collegiate conference games. The Cougars improve to 6-7-2 overall and 3-4-2 in league play.
Bodziak opened the scoring at the 5:21 mark of the opening period, taking a pass from Abdoulaye Kamagate and firing a header shot past Cougar goalkeeper Diogo Da Silva for a 1-0 lead.
Fourteen minutes later the Cougars evened the score when Roy Torjman took across and put it past CHC goalkeeper Max Bond on the left side.
Bodziak struck again ten minutes later with his second goal of the game with Mohamed Bility getting the assist.
An own goal tied the game at 2-2 where it stood until the half.
The second half belonged to the Cougars as Torjman scored twice more, the final goal on a penalty kick as the Cougars came away with a 4-2 win, clinching a playoff spot of their own. Caldwell outshot the Griffins 10-4 in the period (4-3 on net).
For the game, the Griffins were outshot 22-8 (11-6 on net. The Cougars also had seven corner kicks while the Griffins had two. Bodziak and Bility had two shots on goal apiece. Robert Keegan and Kamagate recorded CHC's remaining two shots on goal.
Bond finished the game with seven saves.
The men's soccer team will close out their season on Wednesday night as they travel to face Holy Family University in Northeast Philadelphia. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m.
