AUBURN — Trailing by one after Edward Little controlled the majority of the opening half, Brunswick pushed back hard in the second frame. After failing to register a shot in the first 40 minutes, Brunswick fired three straight on Eddies keeper Owen Mower.

Then, Henry Doherty struck the left post, followed minutes later by Mower robbing Emmet Taub’s penalty kick try, with the ball glancing off the keeper’s fingers and ringing off the right post.

Two minutes later, Jarod Norcross-Plourde tallied his second goal of the game to lift Edward Little to a 2-0 win over the pesky Dragons.

“This is the way our season has gone, where we can’t get a result in these games despite these kids working their tails off,” Brunswick coach Mark Roma said. “Our luck is maddening. I give the kids credit. There is no quit in this team and we are thinking of Tuesday (home against Mt. Ararat, 3:30 p.m.).”

Brunswick has struggled to find the back of the net, with 22 goals through 10 games.

Meanwhile, Edward Little took advantage of its chances, controlling the first half and getting a Norcross-Plourde goal 10 minutes after Red Eddie Tyler Morin’s penalty kick struck the post to keep the game scoreless.

“We were very quick to the ball and worked combinations in the middle,” said Norcross-Plourde after EL outshot the Dragons 5-0 in the opening half. “We controlled the ball well and had a lot of chances. They were more physical in the second half, which gave them more chances.”

“The first 20 minutes we had four real good scoring opportunities,” EL coach Tim Mains said. “I thought once we scored the first goal, we took the foot off the gas. The second half they came out hot. I thought we played pretty well.”

Mains watched as Brunswick began pressing his team in the second frame. Carlyle Boyle’s point-blank shot was Mower’s first save, and the keeper stopped Max Gramins’ low blast to the left corner.

“Brunswick was keeping their midfielders back, and our attack was getting frustrated,” Mains said. “They sent long balls over us. They did a good job of that.”

Doherty had a solid chance, gaining control of a loose ball and launching a rising shot that solidly struck the post.

“We are working hard, but we are not getting the bounces,” Doherty said. “The first half we didn’t turn it on, but in the second half we did. We came alive.”

Brunswick earned a penalty kick with 16:43 remaining, but Mower made the save to keep his team ahead.

With 14:38 left, Norcross-Plourde beat the Brunswick defense to the ball and sent a shot past Dragon netminder Josh Dorr (six saves) for an insurance goal.

“That is the second time that has happened to us this year, where Owen makes the save on a penalty kick and we come right down and score,” said Mains, whose squad faces rival Lewiston on Wednesday at home. “All week we said that we needed to beat Brunswick to make Lewiston matter. We want to beat Lewiston and we want to beat them for first place. Everything is set up for us now.”

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