St. Mary's City, Md. – The St. Mary's College of Maryland men's soccer team and The Catholic University of America battled for 110 minutes but the two sides ended up in a 2-2 draw in non-conference action Tuesday afternoon.

Following a 35-minute delay to the start of the match, the Seahawks (3-3-1) came out firing and scored just 23 seconds into the game. Junior midfielder Nick Tait (Silver Spring, Md./Sandy Spring Friends) sent the ball ahead to sophomore forward Alessandro Burlew (Mount Airy, Md./Good Counsel). Burlew collected the pass, dribbled into the box before ripping a shot from the right side into the lower left corner.

St. Mary's stretched its lead to 2-0 at 24:00 as sophomore midfielder Sunny Chhatani (Lima, Peru/Indian Creek [Md.]) put back the rebound of Tait's shot which went off the post. The Seahawks headed into halftime with a 2-1 lead as an own goal helped Catholic avoid a goose egg on the scoreboard at 32:06. St. Mary's finished the half with a 13-5 margin in shots and doubled up the Cardinals in corner kicks, 4-2.

The Cardinals (2-5-1) evened up the contest at 2-2 in the 62nd minute. Senior defender Josh Barrett (Newtown, Conn./Newtown) connected on a header on goal which sophomore goalkeeper Zack Haussler (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) punched out, however, the ball fell at the feet of sophomore midfielder Heston Priestley (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) who volleyed the ball over Haussler into the goal.

Catholic's junior goalkeeper, Zachery Tashjy (Manasquan, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy), was sent off the field with a red card with 10:20 remaining in regulation. The Cardinals were then forced to play a man down for the remainder of the match.

Neither side took a shot in the first overtime period but then the Seahawks outshot Catholic, 4-2, in the second extra stanza. Each team earned a corner kick in OT. St. Mary's posted a 27-15 shot advantage for the game and edged the Cardinals, 6-5, in corner kicks.

Haussler ended the game with five saves while Tashjy  picked up seven stops in 79:40. Junior Steven Lukas (Newark, Del./St. Elizabeth) replaced Tashjy and recorded one save.

The Seahawks remain home for their next contest on Saturday, September 26 as St. Mary's opens up Capital Athletic Conference action with Southern Virginia University (1-6) at 4:00 p.m.

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