DEA Bedford Over 30

Windham continued their mastery of Bedford with a 4-1 victory in Windham. Bedford is now 1-9-3 against Windham since the over the last 6 years, giving up 41 goals in the process. Bedford held much of the possession for the first 20 minutes. Chris Laberge & Deco each had headers that would just miss their mark. Defensively, DEA was kipping a lid on BigKirk and had the better of the play. Unfortunately, it all came unraveled in the last 25 minutes of the half. First, Ivan Crnilcvic, knicknamed "Shooter" from his indoor days, ripped at 30 yard knuckling shot towards the net. Pacer Keeper Chris Cloutier got up to it, but couldn't get a firm hand on it and Windham had the 1-0 lead. Ten minutes later, BigKrik took Corlton Simmonds pass and attracted three defenders. As each swiped at the ball, the ref decided that he had seen enough of the attempts bounce off BigKirk's tree trunks for legs, and awarded a PK. BigKirk slammed that home and it was 2-0. With under two minutes left in the half, Shooter took another shot that deflected off Simmonds. The ball drastically changed direction, and left Cloutier to watch it float by and it was 3-0. The Pacers protested as the ref first said it bounced off Simmonds arm, "but didn't affect the play". Ahem, a shot going 3 yards over the bar, but them floating into a vacated net would SEEM to be play-affecting. Then, Mr. Referee backtracked and said it actually bounced off Simmonds head. Sir, make a call and stick to it. It was a strange half. The Pacers actually played very well, and a case could be made that Windham was "lucky" on all their goals. However, they were capitalizing on their chances and Bedford was not. Early in the second half, the Pacers finally broke through. Chris Laberge's cross would run onto by Rob Cissell. His shot was blocked, but Deco would knock it home and DEA finally was on the board. While the Pacers pressing for another to make it interesting, they couldn't find the back of the net. With BigKirk corralled in the corner, the Pacers attempted to clear the ball just off the side of the net. Instead, BigKirk stuck out his oak trunk and actually blocked the clearance over Cloutier's head and into the far side webbing. Unbelievable. Sometimes, it just isn't meant to be. The Pacers played well, Windham forced the play enough to get the breaks. Then, they finished when they had the opportunity. Not a bad effort, but something must be done to break through against Windham. Windham has outscored Bedford 41-13 over the last 14 games, and four of those goals scored by Bedford were in a 5-4 loss. Windham has their number, and if the Pacers expect to move up to Division 1 they must solve this puzzle. Pacers are back in action Sunday against Danvers, mired in last place. Game time is 9:00AM at Legacy Park in Bedford.