Men's Soccer and UDC Play to 2-2 Draw

10/26/2013 4:09:00 PM

Box Score

AMHERST, N.Y. – The Daemen College men's soccer team and East Coast Conference opponent University of the District of Columbia battled to a 2-2 double overtime draw at Dimp Wagner Stadium today. The Wildcats move to 4-11-1 on the season and 0-7-1 in conference play while the Firebirds are now 7-5-1 and 2-4-1 in conference play.

The Wildcats were the first to get on the board when senior forward Kyle Clifford (West Seneca, N.Y./St. Francis) scored an unassisted goal in the 40th minute putting Daemen up 1-0 going into halftime.

Daemen answered again when freshman Alex Reid (Lockport, N.Y./Lockport) received a feed from teammate Zakariah Hall (Wells, England / The Blue School) and blasted a shot to the lower left corner which then put the Wildcats up 2-0 in the 61^st minute.

The Firebirds then generated the final two goals of the game as Moussa Traore scored off an assist from Bakary Coulibaly in the 66^th minute. Coulibaly then provided the final margin of the game when he headed in a cross feed from Patrick Borchert in the 83^rd minute.

Both teams had plenty of looks in overtime play but could not capitalize on their offensive chances leaving the score tied at 2-2.

UDC launched 26 total shots in the game putting 11 of them on goal while Daemen had eight of their 14 shots on frame. The Firebirds also held an 11-4 advantage in corner kick opportunities.

This was Daemen's first tie since their match against the University of Point Park on September 20, 2008.

Senior goalkeeper Daniel Romer (Amsterdam, Netherlands / St. Nicolas Lyceum) made a game high of nine saves for the Wildcats.

Romer, along with fellow seniors Jared Contreas (Arcadia, Calif./Arcadia), Sean Hellingman (Kamloops, B.C./Westsyde), Trevor Hill (Courtice, Ont./Holy Trinity Catholic), Zakariah Hall (Wells, England/The Blue School), Devin Kinney (Hinsdale, N.Y./Hinsdale Central), Kyle Clifford(West Seneca, N.Y./St. Francis) and Josh Radecki (South Wales, N.Y./Holland Central) were honored in a pre-game ceremony before playing in the final home contest of their careers today.

Head Coach Mark Spacone and the Wildcats will return to action on Friday, Nov. 1 at 2:30 p.m. when they play at Mercy College for an East Coast Conference match-up.

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