Eliot Captures Soccer Crown, Tops 'Cliffe on Penalty Shots

The Eliot House soccer team captured the House soccer crown yesterday, by beating Radcliffe in a tie-breaking penalty shot duel. The overtime 2-1 victory earns Eliot the right to battle the Yale champs next week.

The regulation time ran out with the two squads deadlocked in a 1-1 tie. Radcliffe jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first half, but could not hold on to it until halftime. John Horan put one in the net for Eliot to knot the contest.

After a scoreless second half, the game was forced into overtime. But once again the Eliot and Radcliffe booters could not dent the net, so the championship had to be decided on a dramatic, best-of-five penalty shot contest.

Radcliffe fired first at goalie Brad Elmblad and missed, but Eliot's Jim McKinnan found an opening for a 1-0 lead. Radcliffe missed its second try, and once again Eliot came through, this time Tony Lund was the scorer. Both squads made their third shots count, but Radcliffe missed its fourth and so lost the penalty contest 3-1 and the contest 2-1. Tony Starr tallied what proved to be the game-winner for Eliot, which finished the season 7-0-1.