The University of Southern Indiana men’s soccer team and McKendree University played to a 0-0 double-overtime tie Friday night in Lebanon, Illinois. USI, which has gone to overtime in each of its last four matches and double-overtime in the last three, watched its record go to 10-2-3 overall and 8-2-3 in the GLVC, while McKendree goes to 3-6-4, 2-6-4 GLVC.
The tie puts USI into a tie for third with the University of Missouri-St. Louis (10-4-1, 9-3-1 GLVC) in the GLVC with two matches remaining, percentage points behind second place Missouri University of Science &Technology (8-0-5, 9-1-6 GLVC); and a game-and-a-half behind league front-running Rockhurst University (13-1-1, 11-1-1 GLVC). Rockhurst and UMSL have the tie-breakers with USI after defeating the Eagles earlier this fall.
USI junior goalkeeper Adam Zehme (Orland Park, Illinois) preserved the shutout tie tonight with is career-best sixth save of the season. Zehme faced 15 total shots in the match, making six saves.
Overall, the match was nearly even in shots with McKendree leading 15-14 and USI leading in shots on-goal, 10-6. The Eagles appeared to have scored with 2:53 left in the second overtime, only to see it called back due to offsides.
The Eagles return to the friendly surroundings of Strassweg Field for the final two regular season games of 2016 when they host the University of Illinois Springfield October 23 at noon and Bellarmine University October 26 at 5 p.m.
Illinois Springfield saw its record go to 6-8-2, 5-6-2 GLVC, after a 0-0 double-overtime tie with Bellarmine tonight in Springfield, Illinois. USI holds a 7-4-1 advantage in the all-time series with Illinois Springfield after defeating the Prairie Stars, 3-0, last year on the road.
