The Tulsa men’s soccer team dropped a 4-3 double-overtime decision to Creighton on Tuesday night at Morrison Stadium in Omaha, Neb.  The Golden Hurricane fell to 3-4 on the season, while Creighton moved to 5-2-1 overall.

 

After being down 3-1, TU battled back to send the game into overtime after Harris Partain evened the score in the 87^th minute.  The two teams battled for nearly 16 minutes in overtime when a free kick taken from the six-yard line directly in front of the Tulsa net was scored by Yudai Tashiro to give Creighton the 4-3 victory.

 

“We created a lot of chances and put their back line under quite a bit of pressure,” Head Coach Tom McIntosh said.  “We came out in the second half a little flat and didn’t communicate well in the first 10 minutes, which led to their three goals, but we battled back.  Even down 3-1 we still had the better chances and were able to tie the game.  I am proud of our effort tonight, but these are lessons we have to learn from and bounce back from.”

 

Marcos Moreno scored his first collegiate goal off a combination from Mitchell Cashion and Harris Partain at the 27:33 mark, and TU maintained the 1-0 lead at the break.

 

Luke Haakenson evened the score in the 53^rdminute, and then Daniel Espeleta put the Bluejays up 2-1 in the 55^thminute.  Just under a minute later Haakenson added his second goal of the contest to give Creighton a two-goal cushion.

 

Chase Bromstedt got one back for TU as he picked up a long pass across the midfield from Partain, went one-on-one with the Bluejays goalkeeper and scored in the 75^thminute.

 

Partain tied the score, 3-3, as he blasted in a score off a long pass from Alex Garcia in the 87^thminute, forcing the game into overtime.

 

The first 10-minute overtime period ticked off the clock scoreless, as did the first 5:43 of the second overtime, but Tashiro netted the game-winner at the 105:44 mark for Creighton. Tashiro’s goal was scored as Haakenson took an indirect free kick on the line of the six-yard box in front of the TU net, tapped it to Tashiro and Tashiro placed it right under the crossbar and into the net.

 

Creighton had a 16-14 lead in shots, including an 8-6 lead in shots on goal, and a 5-4 edge in corner kicks.

 

Adam Habib and Partain each had a team-best four shots, while Moreno had two attempts, and four others had one shot.  Brady Moody played all 105:44 between the posts and picked up four saves.

 

Tulsa will return to action on Saturday, September 28 against #4 SMU.  Game time is set for 7:00 pm at the Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium on the TU campus.

 

Scoring Summary

Tulsa                 1        2          0          0          -           3                      

Creighton          0        3          0          1          -           4

 

Individual Scoring

Marcos Moreno (Tulsa) at 27:33 (Harris Partain / Mitchell Cashion)

Luke Haakenson (Creighton) at 52:06 (Musa Qongo / Yudai Tashiro)

Daniel Espeleta (Creighton) at 54:55 (Musa Qongo / Luke Mitchell)

Luke Haakenson (Creighton) at 55:43 (Charles Auguste)

Chase Bromstedt (Tulsa) at 74:06 (Harris Partain)

Harris Partain (Tulsa) at 86:01 (Alex Garcia)

Yudai Tashiro (Creighton) at 105:44 (Luke Haakenson)

 

Goalkeeper Saves

Brady Moody (Tulsa) – 4

Collin Valdivia (Creighton) – 3

 

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