BILLINGS, Mont. – Simon Fraser University scored on a second-half penalty kick against Montana State University Billings and then the two teams battled to a 1-1 double-overtime draw on Saturday in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's soccer match at Yellowjacket Field.
MSUB nearly walked away with a victory in the final 10 seconds of the second OT period, but SFU's
Shane Satar stood as the lone defender between a last-ditch shot by the Yellowjackets' David Loeung and the net. SFU keeper
Brandon Watson had come off his line on the play, but Loeung's shot was intercepted by Satar before it reached the goal.
Simon Fraser moves to 1-2-3 overall on the season and the Clan is still searching for its first GNAC win at 0-1-2.
Michael North led the squad with four shots on the match, as he,
Adam Jones, and
Calvin Opperman accounted for SFU's three shots on target.
Simon Fraser scored the equalizer in the 57
th minute. Earning a foul inside of the box during a corner kick, the Clan capitalized by converting a penalty kick.
Adam Jones stepped to the spot from 12 yards out and neatly tucked away his third goal of the season into the lower-left corner of the goal.
Rhy Lambert opened the scoring in the 24
th minute.
"We are glad we got a draw against a team that is very good at home," said Clan head coach
Clint Schneider. "I told the guys after game the way we played in second half, the desire to work for each other and to be blue collar, was what got us loads of chances."
"We should have finished the game off, we were unlucky that we didn't," Schneider continued. "We gave them a good contest and I'm pleased we bounced back from our loss against Mary."
The Yellowjackets (4-1-2, 2-0-1 GNAC) remained unbeaten at home this season and in conference play. The Yellowjackets are first in the conference standings.
Simon Fraser is seventh in the GNAC.
The teams were dead-even in shots with 13 apiece, and MSUB placed five attempts on target while SFU had three. Yellowjacket goalkeeper Tom Lohmann came up with a pair of saves while Watson had three in the net for the Clan.
Preventing a goal in the opening five minutes, Lohmann sprinted off of his line and slid to knock away a shot attempt by Opperman.
With 26 minutes remaining, Julian Toenges beat a pair of defenders in the middle and found Paez on the right side of the goal box. The sophomore drove a shot on target, but Watson held it for a save.
MSUB dodged a bullet four minutes later, as
Kyle Jones ran onto a cross and slid for the ball at the six-yard box with an open net. His touch was just late however, and the ball rolled wide of the left goal post.
The Clan held the GNAC's leading scorer, Ricardo Palomino, without a shot on the match as his season goal total remained at nine.
Next up for the Clan is a home match Thursday against St. Martin's University on Terry Fox Field beginning at 7:30 PM.
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