Boston University’s Petur Sigurdsson (Hafnarfjordur, Iceland/Commercial Coll. of Iceland) netted a double-overtime goal to lift the fifth-seeded Terriers to a 1-0 win over No. 4 Albany on Sunday afternoon in Albany. Boston U. advances to play top-seeded Binghamton on Wednesday afternoon in Vestal, N.Y.
The game was scoreless through the first 103 minutes until Sigurdsson scored off a corner kick by Neil Hlavaty (Lombard, Ill./Glenbard East), who was credited with the assist, at 103:25.
The Terriers improve to 10-4-4, while the Great Danes close out the 2006 campaign 7-10-2 overall.
Boston University’s Zach Riffett (Brenham, Texas/Brenham) made six saves in the shutout effort, while UA’s Steward Ceus registered two saves.
Live scoreboards for all rounds of the 2006 America East Men’s Soccer Championship will be available over the internet via Championship LIVE! at the conference’s official website www.AmericaEast.com.