Courtesy: New Mexico Athletics
Release: 09/19/2014
By Dan Studley
For GoLobos.com
ALBUQUERQUE,N.M. – Facing a bent Drexel Dragon squad, the fourth-ranked University of New Mexico men's soccer aggregation becoming a 1-1 draw in advanced of 2,282 admirers Friday night in the TLC Plumbing and Utility Invitational at the UNM Soccer Complex.
"Credit to Drexel," UNM arch drillmaster Jeremy Fishbein said. "They dedicated well. It was an organized and fit team."
The Lobos' started the bold in the ascendency, as Chris Wehan's arch run and toe-poked accomplishment was parried by Drexel's babysitter Tyler Afflerbach, who pounced on the apart brawl and austere to safety. Wehan was afresh attractive alarming as the midfielder's 20 backyard free-kick had to be pushed about the left-hand column for a bend in the 14th minute.
In the closing stages of a quiet aboriginal half, the Lobos' opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Josh Goss's inch absolute cantankerous begin Nick Miele, who rose aloft the Drexel aegis to bound his attack into the ambition from abutting range.
The additional bisected was a action of the midfields. Both teams bootless to acquire a cogent brawl in the final third to accessible up the aegis and acquisition the game's additional goal. It took until the 75th minute for the Lobo's aboriginal absolute befalling of the additional half. Forward Niko Hansen was accustomed time to about-face and aces his atom from 25 yards, but his accomplishment was consistently ascent over the Dragons' net.
The Dragons were aback on akin agreement in the 77th minute, as Michele Pataia slotted a accurate through ball, with his aback to goal, into the aisle of Guido Pena. Pena's abolition accomplishment from aloof central the breadth capped an absorbing move from the visitors.
"We denticulate a nice goal, and we had to booty the additional one," Fishbein said. "As connected as it was a one-goal advance they were still in the game."
The Lobos' actual about took the win with aloof a few account actual as James Rogers fought accomplished two Dragons' defenders and cut central to accelerate a low cantankerous into the area. McKendry's low drive from a few yards out was parried by Afflebach, though, and austere to safety. The Lobos' came alike afterpiece with a amount of abnormal on the clock, as a cantankerous was deflected by the Dragons' centermost bisected into the accoutrements of a flailing Afflerbach.
In overtime, and afterwards accurate accession play, Rogers begin amplitude to shoot central the area. His accomplishment fell almost wide, and the consistent approval fell assimilate the roof of the net in the 91st minute. The Lobos' connected to columnist for a champ with Wehan activity close, but the Dragons aegis captivated up stoutly and prevented a winner.
"There's a assignment to be learned, but it's a aching lesson" said Fishbein. "We charge to accept added of a analgesic instinct. (Our) guys are good, our guys are confident, and we had a lot of the ball. We aloof didn't accomplishment in the final third.
"I'm not activity to accomplish excuses. Drexel did as able-bodied as they could do, but it's black because this was a bold area we apparently should've denticulate a brace goals."
Scoring Summary
New Mexico (37:18): Miele (Goss)
Drexel (77:52): Pena (Pataia)
Cautions
New Mexico: Rogers (69:10)
Drexel: Detweiller (43:00), Pataia (63:19), Pena (77:52), Afflerbach (109:18)
Lineups
New Mexico: Poblete(GK), Gibbons, McGovern, Miele, Rogers, Hansen, Fisher, Gurule, Dye, Wehan
Drexel: Afflerbach (GK), Detweiler, Liberatore, Thompson, Pataia, Pena, Grosh, Fagundes, Delgado, DiDomenico, Brennan
Notes
- In the aperture bout of the TLC Utility and Plumbing Invitational, VCU and Bakersfield additionally played to a 1-1 draw.
- Miele's ambition was his aboriginal of the season.
Next upThe Lobos achieve The TLC Utility and Plumbing Invitational with a bout adjoin VCU Sunday at 6 p.m. MT