Bethlehem, Pennsylvania – In a thrilling 90-minute battle, the cadets nearly scored the winning goal in the final four seconds, but the Navy’s men’s soccer team played Saturday night against Lehi at the Ulrich Sports Complex in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It ended in a 2-2 draw.
as a junior midfielder Jason Aoyama’s A dead center shot saw Sam Davis head down as time expired to move the mids to 4-3-5 overall and 2-1-3 in the Patriot League. At the same time, the Mountainhawks shifted to 3-6-3 on the season and 2-2-2 in the league standings.
Both teams traded possessions in the first 10 minutes, but Navy had chances on possession as both Aoyama and junior forward Bubba Curry had shots on target and the mids defense cleared Lehi’s corner kick. was able to produce .
In the 15th minute, Perry Kingson’s cross deflected a Navy defender to give the Mountainhawks a 1-0 lead.freshman forward Andrew Shug In the 18th minute, Lehigh’s Tommy Chizowich made the save when he hit a low shot from the left side of the 18-yard box.
Navy continued their attack with two blocked shots in the 26th and 27th minutes, and Chizowich stopped junior midfielder Jake Granados’ shot in the 31st minute after a shot from the sophomore midfielder. Noah Ward Blocked out in the 36th minute, a corner kick saw Navy take two more shots from the inbounds, but Chizowich saved both on the goal line. Sophomore goalkeeper Pierce Holbrook was active on the other side in the second half when Ewan Forrest’s header went wide in the 41st minute, and Holbrook scored Jacques Sarkos in the 44th minute with a shot from outside the penalty box. refused.
The second half started with both teams creating early chances until Chizowich saved Aoyama’s shot in the 54th minute. A subsequent corner kick led to three more Navy his corner kicks within two minutes, as his fourth corner from the junior’s midfielder’s feet. David Jackson Found a corpse scrum in the box with a junior defender Zack Wagner In the 56th minute, he crossed the ball past Chizowich to equalize.
Mids continued the pressure for the next 20 minutes with two shots on target and a blocked shot from Granados, while Lehigh headed Davis wide off the corner.Navy converted again as senior forward in the 75th minute Kevin Heilmann Sliding tackle near Lehi’s goal line to feed the sophomore midfielder, earning possession before crossing to Ward connor walcott For a give and go, Walcott’s passback found enough space for Ward to fire past Chizowich, handing Navy their first lead of the night.
A quick Lehi answer in the 78th minute saw Jason Pinadas’ cross find Sarcos in the box, who leaped and fired a right-footed shot that knocked Holbrook down the right side to tie the score again.
Just a minute later, in the 79th minute, Holbrook made a jump save that deflected a Forrest header over the net as the Navy defender cleared two Lehigh corners.
The Mountainhawks continued to attack in the 84th, 85th, and 86th minutes. At the same time, the Mids had their last chance of the night when Aoyama delivered a desperate shot at 4 seconds to send Chizowich out of the net.
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