For Immediate Release · By Nairem Moran · nmoran@smcm.edu

Newport News, Va. – First-year forward Khalid Balogun (Bowie, Md./Bowie) scored twice Tuesday night as the St. Mary's College of Maryland men's soccer team and No. 22 Christopher Newport University battled for 110 minutes to end in a 2-2 tie.

St. Mary's (Md.) 2, No. 22 Christopher Newport 2 (2OT)

How It Happened

• It was an extremely physical contest with seven yellow cards (CNU – 4, SMC – 3) and one red card being awarded.
• Christopher Newport struck first as senior midfielder Jimmy Grace (Ashburn, Va./Briar Woods) found the back of the net at 4:52.
• Senior defender Sammy Blosser (Newport News, Va./Menchville) then missed a penalty kick wide at 9:57 that would have given the Captains an early 2-0 lead.
• The Captains continued to pepper junior goalkeeper Zack Haussler (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) with shots but Haussler stood up to the challenge with 12 of his career-best 16 saves in the first half.
• Following a handball in the penalty box which led junior defender Zach Douglass (Woodbridge, Va./Forest Park) to being ejected from the game, Balogun put away the first of his two goals at 56:49 as he shot his penalty kick high into the left side.
• CNU staked a 2-1 lead at 68:12 when senior forward Patrick Burns (Clifton Forge, Va./Allegheny) finished off a volley from junior midfielder Andrew Gogolin (Stafford, Va./Colonial Forge).
• Balogun collected his second equalizer of the night just over a minute later as he used speed to get by a CNU defender down the right side and then outside footed it off the far post.
• Christopher Newport had a final scoring opportunity at 87:19 but Haussler stopped sophomore forward Stephen Durbin's (Burke, Va./Lake Braddock) header to force overtime.
• In the first OT, Burns' shot at 92:48 was denied by Haussler while senior midfielder Nick Tait (Silver Spring, Md./Sandy Spring Friends) headed a corner kick just wide of the upper 90 at 94:39.
• Sophomore midfielder Juwan Kearson (Baltimore, Md./St. Paul's) fired the final shot of the contest at 108:28 but it trickled just wide.

For the Seahawks (9-2-2, 3-1-1 CAC)

• Scorers: Balogun (2 goals).
• Goalkeeper: Haussler (16 saves, 2 goals allowed, 110:00).
• St. Mary's finished the game with 19 shots (10 on goal) and seven corner kicks.

For Christopher Newport (11-2-1, 4-0-1 CAC)

• Scorers: Grace (1 goal); Burns (1 goal); Harry Nodwell (1 assist); Stephen Durbin (1 assist); Gogolin (1 assist).
• Goalkeeper: Sophomore Zach Pedini (Midlothian, Va./James River) (7 saves, 2 goals allowed, 110:00).
• The Captains fired 29 shots (18 on goal) and 10 corner kicks.

Notes

• St. Mary's is ranked ninth in the South Atlantic region in the NSCAA poll for the second straight week.
• The Seahawks snapped their nine-game skid against CNU with tonight's draw but Christopher Newport now holds a 16-4-2 record over St. Mary's.

Up next for the Seahawks

• 10/15 at Wesley College (3-6-2, 1-3-0 CAC) – 3:30 p.m. (Capital Athletic Conference match)
• St. Mary's owns a slight advantage over Wesley with a 9-8-1 record in the all-time series.

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