St. Mary's City, Md. – The St. Mary's College of Maryland men's soccer team and the University of Mary Washington played 110 minutes Wednesday afternoon and finished in a 2-2 tie in Capital Athletic Conference action on Senior Day.

The draw puts St. Mary's (6-7-2, 2-4-1 CAC) in a tie for seventh in the conference standings with Marymount (Va.) University (6-8-1, 2-4-1 CAC) but with two games left in the regular season, the Seahawks are not yet out of playoff contention. Mary Washington (10-5-1, 3-2-1 CAC) is tied for sixth with Frostburg State University (9-4-1, 3-2-1 CAC) following today's result.

Prior to the game, the team's four seniors – Will Alberding (Bowie, Md./DeMatha), Chris Harwick (Hanover, N.H./Hanover), Davis Holland (Pelletier, N.C./Leonardtown [Md.]), and James Pollock (Lexington Park, Md./Great Mills) – were recognized for their contributions to the men's soccer program.

Mary Washington struck first late in the first half to stake a 1-0 lead at halftime. First-year Ryan Van Maanen (Woodbridge, Va./Forest Park) corralled a rebound outside of the box and shot into an empty net for his first goal of the season.

Junior midfielder Nick Tait (Silver Spring, Md./Sandy Spring Friends School) evened up the contest at 54:35 as Tait deflected first-year midfielder Juwan Kearson's (Baltimore, Md./St. Paul's School) short pass at the far post for his conference-leading 14th goal of the season.

The Eagles claimed a 2-1 advantage just over a minute later as senior midfielder Mike Bennett (Kings Park, N.Y./Smithtown) tallied an unassisted goal after picking up a loose ball and chipping it in for his third of the season. Kearson collected a pass from Tait and then sent a shot through the legs of sophomore goalkeeper Matt Spencer (Stafford, Va./Mountain View) at the near post for a 2-2 score at 61:16.

UMW generated five shots and two corner kicks in the two 10-minute extra periods but sophomore Zack Haussler (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) stood up to the challenge and came up with two stops.

The Eagles outshot St. Mary's by a 33-21 margin while posting a 9-2 edge in corner kicks.

Haussler recorded a career-best 15 saves as the Seahawks' snapped their four-game skid while Spencer finished the day with six stops.

St. Mary's will be back in action this Saturday, October 24 when the Seahawks travel to Dover, Delaware to take on Wesley College (8-7-1, 5-2-0 CAC) under the lights at 6:00 p.m. in a must win CAC game.

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