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Simon Fraser SFU (2-1-2, 0-0-1 GNAC)
2
Western Washington WWU (1-1-2, 0-0-1 GNAC)
Simon Fraser SFU
(2-1-2, 0-0-1 GNAC)
2
Final
2
Western Washington WWU
(1-1-2, 0-0-1 GNAC)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 OT 2 F
Simon Fraser SFU 1 1 0 0 2
Western Washington WWU 1 1 0 0 2

Game Recap: Soccer - M | | By Steve Frost - Sports Information Director (sfrost@sfu.ca)

Clan, Rival WWU Draw In Opener

Goalkeeper Tyler Visten had eight saves, including one on a penalty kick in the final minute of regulation, helping Western Washington University earn a 2-2 draw with Simon Fraser University

BELLINGHAM, Wa. - Goalkeeper Tyler Visten had eight saves, including one on a penalty kick in the final minute of regulation, helping Western Washington University earn a 2-2 draw with Simon Fraser University in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's soccer contest Saturday at Harrington Field on the WWU campus.
 
Twice the Clan played catch-up and then nearly stole a victory in the final  inute of regulation.
 
Trailing 2-1 with just 10 minutes left, the Clan leveled the score again, as a short pass by Mateo Espinosa put Mamadi Camara behind the Viking defense to slot home the equalizer from 10 yards.
 
SFU nearly won the game in the final minute of regulation, when Adam Jones was fouled just inside the left edge of the penalty area. But Visten sprawled to his left to punch the Kyle Jones penalty kick around the post, forcing the game to overtime.
 
Visten also had two saves in the first half of overtime, the best when he stopped Camara from point blank range.
 
SFU is now 1-1-2 overall and 0-0-1 in the GNAC.
 
"I'm pleased we came back twice in the game to tie it but I am disappointed it's the same story week after week," said Clan head coach Clint Schneider. "We give up a couple of chances each game and teams are punishing us for it."
 
"We are young and have to learn we can't win games that way. We have to find ways to win these games and not come out with a draw," he added.
 
Forward Jose Castillo gave WWU a 1-0 lead in the 14th minute, scoring his first career goal from 15 yards out after a long ball from Eleazar Galvan (Jr., Chelan). But SFU equalized just 58 seconds before halftime, as Adam Jones took a pass from Ryan Dhillon and scored through traffic from a tight angle to the right of goal.
 
The Vikings regained the lead less than three minutes into the second half. After hard work by Adam Talley to run down the ball in the left corner and earn a foul, Ulen headed in a free kick from Jeremy Wentzel.
 
That set the stage for the late goal from Camara.
 
SFU had advantages of 18-12 in shots and 13-2 in corner kicks.
 
The Vikings are now 2-1-2 overall and 0-0-1 in conference play.
 
SFU is 1-1-2 in its last four meetings with WWU.
 
-- Files from WWU Sports Information
 
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