JACKSON, Miss. – The Belhaven University men's soccer team tied with the LeTourneau Yellow Jackets Saturday night with a 1-1 final score.
The tie brought the Blazers overall record to 4-9-3 and 2-7-1 in ASC play.
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INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: LeTourneau 1 | Belhaven 1
Records: LeTourneau (6-6-2, 5-2-1 ASC) | BU (4-9-3, 2-7-1 ASC)
Location: Belhaven Bowl Stadium | Jackson, Miss.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- Belhaven took an early lead off after the Blazers got a lift from an Alex Hale penalty kick to give Belhaven a 1-0 lead just 28:12 into the game.
- Seven minutes later, LeTourneau answered with a goal from Eric Smith to tie the game up 1-1.
- Both teams entered the half knotted up at 1-1 yet Belhaven outshot the Yellow Jackets 6-2.
- Neither team was able to find the back of the net in the second half, forcing overtime to decide the outcome on senior night.
- Twenty overtime minutes were not enough to decide a victor in the contest as the Yellow Jackets and Blazers finished with a tie score of 1-1.
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KEY STATISTICS
- Belhaven shot a total of twelve times in the match with five shots being on goal.
- Alex Hale led Belhaven with six shots, two shots on goal, and the lone goal for Belhaven in the contest.
- Nathan Ratzlaff finished with a second best, two shots, and one shot on goal for the Green and Gold. Lalesh Hadji, Andres Garcia, Robert Mims, and Tyler White each collected a shot. Hadji and Garcia had one shot on goal a piece.
- Goalkeeper Thomas Blake posted three saves.
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UP NEXT
The Blazers will head to Clarksville, Arkansas next Thursday, October 25th. First kick is set for 3:30 p.m.
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