Tribe Men’s Soccer Battles UNC Wilmington To 2-2 Draw

Hoxie and Thomas Score For The Tribe

10/02/05 5:33PM

WILLIAMSBURG, VA - UNC Wilmington scored two unanswered goals after William and Mary had taken a 2-0 lead with 41 minutes left in regulation, and neither team scored in the two overtime periods as the Tribe and Seahawks battled to a 2-2 tie this afternoon at Albert-Daly Field. W&M is now 2-5-1, 0-1-1 in the CAA, while UNCW is now 5-4-1 and 0-1-1 in the CAA.

After a scoreless first half in which the Tribe outshot the Seahawks 3-1, W&M opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Brendan McCurdy (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL) gathered a loose ball in the Seahawks zone and lifted a high pass into the penalty area to Andrew Hoxie (Newport News, VA) who was grabbed by the shoulders and tackled by goalkeeper Brad Knighton, and awarded a penalty kick. Hoxie buried the PK for his fourth goal of the year.

The lead grew to 2-0 just 1:36 later, as defender Clayton Voss (Reston, VA) sent a long pass to forward Jarrett Thomas (McLean, VA) who sliced through two defenders and was left with a one-on-one with Knighton, who came off his line to challenge, but Thomas beat him with a low screamer into the left corner of the net for his sixth goal of the year.

W&M stood its ground until the 71st minute when the Seahawks cut the lead in half. On a free kick just outside the box, Adam Currey chipped a pass to Chris Murray, who fired home his second goal of the year to trim the lead to 2-1.

The score remained 2-1 until UNCW’s Juho Karjalainen gained the equalizer with just 25 seconds left in regulation. After a UNCW throw in deep in the Tribe zone, the ball was battered around until it landed at the feet of Karjalainen just outside the top of the box, and he fired home a low screamer into the left corner to send the match into overtime. Neither team found the back of the net in the two 10 minute extra periods as the match ended in a tie.

The Seahawks outshot the Tribe 9-8 and held a 7-6 advantage in corner kicks. Knighton made three saves for the Seahawks, while Tribe netminder Kris Rake (Flower Mound, TX) collected a pair of saves.

W&M is back in action next Friday when it visits Drexel. Kickoff is set for 5:00 PM in Philadelphia.

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