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By Mike Flanagan @flano0
BRAINTREE - Coming off a 10-8 victory on Friday, Thayer Academy hosted Tabor Academy on Saturday afternoon looking for the weekend sweep in the latter half of a weekend back-to-back.
Just like on Friday down in Marion, Saturday’s meeting in Braintree was a back-and-forth slugfest.
Down three late, Tabor strung together a comeback thanks to goals by Aidan O’Neil, Cooper Manzi, and Gunnar von Hollander to tie the game at 10 with 2:31 remaining. Just 32 seconds later, Matty Kenney drove down the alley and potted home the would-be game-winning goal with 1:59 to play for Thayer. Theo Kostakos sealed it with an empty-netter with 39 seconds remaining to give