AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Dayton men's soccer team went on the road to Massachusetts Wednesday afternoon and managed a 1-1 draw in Atlantic 10 play.
The Flyers (5-1-3, 1-0-2 A-10) and Minutemen (6-2-4, 2-1-1 A-10) both earned a crucial point in the battle between two teams trying to move up the national rankings.
SCORING BREAKDOWN
- 26:16 – On a breakaway, graduate student Hjalti Sigurdsson returned to the ball back to sophomore Cooper Lijewski in the middle of the box before he drove it past the keeper for the opening goal.
- 87:18 – UMass was able to get a late equalizer with a goal in the 88th minute.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- The Flyers outshot the Minutemen 19-11 in the game, but put four on target to the hosts' eight on goal.
- Graduate student goalkeeper Dario Caetano had a season-high seven saves in the effort.
- Senior Joseph Melto Quiah also had a season high with eight shots attempts while fellow senior Paul Yeboah had three shots.
- There were no cautions in the contest, but fouls were 8-6 in favor of UMass.
- Dayton pushes its unbeaten streak to seven straight games.
COACH'S COMMENTS
"The team played extremely well today against a very good UMass team," said head coach
Dennis Currier. "Unfortunately, soccer can be a cruel game and after dominating most of the match, we gave up a late set piece goal. However, we had several chances to put the game away prior to that and fell short. Every point matters in A-10 play though and it was critical to come out with at least one."
UP NEXT
- The Flyers will return home to host Fordham Saturday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. for Senior Night.
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