Wednesday, October 17
UC Riverside
2
vs
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Cal State Fullerton
Last Second Shot In Regulation Helps Men's Soccer Escape With 2-2 Tie vs. Fullerton
10/17/2007 1:07:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Riverside—UC Riverside played to it's school-record fifth tie of the season in their match that finished 2-2 with Cal State Fullerton at the UCR Soccer Stadium Wednesday afternoon. Sophomore Zach Walker's free-kick from just inside midfield found the back of the net to tie the match with one second left of regulation time to send the two teams to overtime.
Senior Brandon Plummer gave the Highlanders (4-3-5, 1-1-3 Big West) an early lead with his first goal of the season in the 17th minute. Senior Steven Kaufman and sophomore Michael Galland worked a perfect give-an-go that left Galland deep inside the right corner of the box. Galland sent a crossing pass that went just over of the reach of Titan keeper Kevin Puder and found Plummer who tapped the ball into the empty net for a 1-0 advantage.
CSF (4-7-2, 0-4-2 Big West) answered in the 35th minute, Shay Spitz dribbled through the Highlander defense and fired a shot from the left side of the penalty box that banged off a Highlander defensemen and past UCR keeper Charles Alamo to tie it at 1-1.
James Maynard gave Fullerton a 2-1 lead at the 59th minute, heading a cross from Michael Farfan into the top left corner of the net to put UCR's chances of picking up three-points to keep pace in their chase for a conference title in jeopardy.
As time wound down to under 10 seconds remaining, the Highlanders made a push into the Titan zone that resulted in a CSF foul, a yellow card was given for stalling after the ball was then tossed out of play by a Titan defender.UCR was awarded free-kick and four seconds was put on the clock by the referees. Walker took his place just inside the midfield line with every player on the field vying for position in front of the net including Alamo who had ran all the way down for the final play of regulation. Walker's kick sailed high over the field clearing all the players along with a leaping Fullerton keeper and snuck in just under the cross-bar to send the match into the extra periods.
UCR had a couple chances early in the first overtime to pick up the win, but Puder held strong and the teams settled for the tie. The tie gave the Highlanders one point and now have six which is good enough to keep them among the top four teams in the standings.
Puder finished with nine saves as the Highlanders outshot CSF 22-18. Alamo made three saves and Nathan Paterson and Plummer led both teams with four shots on goal apiece.
The Highlanders welcome the 10th ranked and defending national champion UC Santa Barbara to the UCR Soccer Stadium on Saturday at 3 p.m.
Senior Brandon Plummer gave the Highlanders (4-3-5, 1-1-3 Big West) an early lead with his first goal of the season in the 17th minute. Senior Steven Kaufman and sophomore Michael Galland worked a perfect give-an-go that left Galland deep inside the right corner of the box. Galland sent a crossing pass that went just over of the reach of Titan keeper Kevin Puder and found Plummer who tapped the ball into the empty net for a 1-0 advantage.
CSF (4-7-2, 0-4-2 Big West) answered in the 35th minute, Shay Spitz dribbled through the Highlander defense and fired a shot from the left side of the penalty box that banged off a Highlander defensemen and past UCR keeper Charles Alamo to tie it at 1-1.
James Maynard gave Fullerton a 2-1 lead at the 59th minute, heading a cross from Michael Farfan into the top left corner of the net to put UCR's chances of picking up three-points to keep pace in their chase for a conference title in jeopardy.
As time wound down to under 10 seconds remaining, the Highlanders made a push into the Titan zone that resulted in a CSF foul, a yellow card was given for stalling after the ball was then tossed out of play by a Titan defender.UCR was awarded free-kick and four seconds was put on the clock by the referees. Walker took his place just inside the midfield line with every player on the field vying for position in front of the net including Alamo who had ran all the way down for the final play of regulation. Walker's kick sailed high over the field clearing all the players along with a leaping Fullerton keeper and snuck in just under the cross-bar to send the match into the extra periods.
UCR had a couple chances early in the first overtime to pick up the win, but Puder held strong and the teams settled for the tie. The tie gave the Highlanders one point and now have six which is good enough to keep them among the top four teams in the standings.
Puder finished with nine saves as the Highlanders outshot CSF 22-18. Alamo made three saves and Nathan Paterson and Plummer led both teams with four shots on goal apiece.
The Highlanders welcome the 10th ranked and defending national champion UC Santa Barbara to the UCR Soccer Stadium on Saturday at 3 p.m.
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