Gophers Battle to 3-3 Tie with Cairn in Opener
Cairn
0-0-1
3
Goucher
0-0-1
3
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
0 | 3 | 3 |
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|
1 | 2 | 3 |
September 1, 2022
Team Stats
Scoring Summary
1st
- 39:44 -
Abou Makine
(Goucher)
2nd
- 58:11 -
Goodyear, Josh
(Cairn)
2nd
- 60:57 -
Bobby Beringer
(Goucher)
2nd
- 62:26 -
Yaya Diabagate
(Goucher)
2nd
- 74:07 -
Beers, Moses
(Cairn)
2nd
- 84:19 -
Skaer, Tyler
(Cairn)
Game Leaders
Cairn
G:
3 Players
(#2,
#5,
#12)
- 1
A:
N/A
Sh:
Brittain, Jesse
- 4
Sv:
Eelman, Chris
- 7
Team Stats
| Game Statistics | Cairn | Goucher |
|---|---|---|
| Shots (on goal) | 13 (8) | 20 (10) |
| Saves | 7 | 5 |
| Fouls | 10 | 10 |
| Corner Kicks | 6 | 6 |
| Offsides | 1 | 7 |
TOWSON, Md. - Goucher College and Cairn University battled to a 3-3 tie in non-conference men's soccer Thursday afternoon at Beldon Field. Per new NCAA overtime regulations, overtime will not be played in regular season matches this season.
- Cairn (0-0-1) put three shots on goal in the first 20-plus minutes of the first half, but all three were stopped by Goucher (0-0-1) keeper Jeff Castro (Egg Harbor Township, N.J./Egg Harbor Township).
- Bobby Beringer (Okinawa, Japan/Richard Montgomery) had the first Gopher shot on goal just past the 20-minute mark.
- Abou Makine (Baltimore, Md./Patterson) got Goucher on the board with just over five minutes left in the first half, dribbling around Cairn keeper Chris Eelman and scoring to make it 1-0.
- The Gophers carried a 1-0 lead into halftime.
- Beringer and Jeremiah Odubade (Capital Heights, Md./Fairmont Heights) each put shots on frame just past the 50-minute mark.
- Cairn tied the game 1-1 on a goal by Josh Goodyear just past the 58-minute mark.
- After back-to-back shots on goal just past the 60-minute mark, Goucher reclaimed the lead on a Beringer tally at 60:57. Isaiah Perry (West Hartford, Conn./Hall) assisted on the tally.
- 1:29 later, Yaya Diabagate (Hyattsville, Md./International HS at Langley Park) made it 3-1 off a corner kick with Ali Kazim Nakhid (Beirut, Lebanon/UMBC) Will Frasier (Hereford, Md./Hereford) assisting.
- In the 75th minute, Moses Beers converted a penalty kick to cut the Gopher lead to 3-2.
- Goucher put a pair of shots on goal with just over six minutes left but both were turned aside.
- The Highlanders pulled even on a Tyler Skaer goal in the 85th minute.
- Cairn had a shot and a corner kick in the game's waning moments.
- Goucher outshot Cairn 20-13. Both teams took six corner kicks.
- Castro made five saves for the Gophers, while Eelman made seven stops for Cairn.
- Beringer led the Gophers with five shots.
- Goucher picked up its first point in a season opener since 2018.
- Goucher returns to action at home Saturday, hosting Pitt-Greensburg in a 4 pm contest at Beldon Field.
