The men's soccer team was in the midst of a hard-fought game at Clark University last Sunday in a match that was rescheduled from the day before because of rain. But in overtime in the 96th minute a ball coming off the foot of Clark junior Kyle Klapp sailed past Judges goalie Matt Lynch '11, essentially ending the game with a Brandeis defeat. With the loss, the Judges dropped to 0-2-1 and failed to avenge a 2-1 loss to the same Clark team last season. For Clark, the win marks the team's third straight victory and improves its season record to 3-1.

After a scoreless first half in which both teams combined for only five shots, Clark graduate student Mike Trobagis scored a goal in the 52nd minute off of an assist from junior forward Tim Doenmez to give the Cougars a 1-0 advantage.

In the 71st minute, the Judges responded and evened the score at one with the first collegiate goal from forward Matt Peabody '13, off an assist from fellow rookie midfielder Sam Ocel '13. Ocel's pass was set up by forward Alex Farr '12.

"We have a really good freshman class," Lynch said. "They have a lot of skill and a lot of potential. We gave them a lot of playing time, which is really good. I've been really impressed with how they've been doing all season. They're stepping up. It's important to get the underclassmen in the game."

The two teams battled until regulation ended. As soon as overtime began, Clark senior midfielder Jeremy Radovsky came close to ending the game with a shot that took an amazing save from Lynch to preserve the tie.

"[Radovsky] got some good power on it," Lynch said. "[He] was able to put it to the far corner. It was pretty close to going in but I was able to come away with it."

Brandeis also had a chance to take the lead in overtime when Ocel pursued the net and had a close-range shot, but Clark rookie goaltender Ryan King was able to turn it away.

Later, 26 seconds into the 96th minute, Klapp was able to fire a loose ball past Lynch for the game winner.

Farr reacted to the tight finish and took a positive look at the close defeat.

"We've been playing well," Farr said. "Especially [in] this last game, . we all think that we should have had it, but we didn't come up with the win. I think we played really well. . We had a few chances that we should have finished up on."

The Judges will play their first home game of the season tomorrow at 7 p.m. against Worcester Polytechnic Institute in hopes of attaining their first win of the year. The Judges beat WPI 2-1 last season.