The Tulsa men’s soccer team battled Temple to a 1-1 double-overtime tie on Saturday night at the Temple Sports Complex in Philadelphia, Pa.  The Golden Hurricane moved to 7-4-4 on the season and 2-2-1 in the American Athletic Conference, while the Owls moved to 9-5-2 overall and 1-2-2 in the league.

 

“Temple is a very good attacking team so while we are not happy with the draw, we did earn a conference point tonight,” Head Coach Tom McIntosh said.  “We played pretty well, created a few good chances early and put one away, but we weren’t able to hurt Temple on the counter and put the game away.  The guys battled, so give them credit for their work ethic tonight.”

Kay Duit put Tulsa on the board with just 5:46 ticked off the clock as he broke past the defender and went one-on-one with the keeper off a pass from Munashe Raranje.  The Golden Hurricane led for the next 81 minutes off the clock when Jordan Wix Rauch tied up the score.  The two teams battled for two 10-minute overtime periods, but neither could find the back of the net to end the game in the tie.

 

Temple had a 20-12 lead in shots, including a 7-3 advantage in shots on goal, and a 5-1 lead in corner kicks.

 

Lesley Nchanji had a team-best four shots, while Vincent Pedace and Duit both had two attempts.  Jake McGuire logged all 110 minutes in goal and picked up six saves.

 

Tulsa will return to action on Saturday, October 29 at Cincinnati.  Game time is set for 6:00 pm at Gettler Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio.

 

Scoring Summary

Tulsa               1          0          0          0          -           1

Temple           0          1          0          0          -           1

 

Individual Scoring

Kay Duit (Tulsa) at 5:46 (Munashe Raranje)

Jordan Wix Rauch (Temple) at 86:25 (unassisted)

 

Goalkeeper Saves

Jake McGuire (Tulsa) – 6

Alex Cagle (Temple) – 2

 

-TulsaHurricane.com-