BOX SCORE

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – In a battle between Cascade Collegiate Conference rivals, Corban and Northwest Christian played 110 minutes of hard-fought soccer that ended in a 2-2 tie in double overtime Saturday at Mike Kelly Field.

With tonight's result, Corban moves to 2-3-3 overall and 1-2-1 in Cascade Collegiate Conference play. Meanwhile, Northwest Christian pushes its record to 2-5-1 overall and 0-3-1 in league games.

Senior Tyler Hagen would be the only Warrior to score a goal, as he netted his first goal of the season in the 46th minute off an assist from sophomore Michael Leptich to push Corban's lead to 2-0 following an own goal by Northwest Christian in the waning minutes of the first half.

In a scoreless game heading into the 42nd minute, Corban was handed the lead at the 41:30 mark when Northwest Christian scored an own goal to give the visiting Warriors a 1-0 lead heading into halftime. Junior Steffan Bard sent a cross in from the corner that remained up against the baseline. The ball bounced right in front of the goal and an NCU defender attempted to clear the ball but instead deflected it into the net for an own goal by the host Beacons.

Five minutes into the second half, Corban would increase its lead to two goals (2-0) when Leptich and Hagen teamed on the Warriors' only official goal of the night. On the play, Leptich would get a pass to Hagen who lifted a high crossing shot just to the right of a diving NCU keeper for the goal.

In the 58th minute, Northwest Christian would finally get on the board when Chris Longi drove home his team-leading third goal of the season. The scoring play would begin with a long throw-in from Lucas Cash before Andrew Poe tapped a loose ball in front of the net back to Longi, who rifled a shot into the back of the net from eight yards out to bring the Beacons within striking distance at 2-1.

Just under twenty minutes later, NCU's Travis Brown scored the equalizer on a high looping shot from 20 yards out that eluded the out-stretched arm of Corban's goalkeeper for his first goal of the season that knotted the score at 2-2.

Neither team would score again in regulation sending the game into extra periods.

In the first overtime period, neither team would get many scoring opportunities until the final seconds when Hagen sent the lone shot of the extra frame high over the cross bar to force a second and final overtime period.

Corban would control the second overtime period, as the Warriors registered three shots over the opening seven-plus minutes. The visiting Warriors would get the game's final scoring opportunity with 53 seconds left, as Corban was awarded a penalty kick at the 109:07 mark. Stepping up to the penalty circle, Hagen sent a shot towards the goal only to have NCU's goalkeeper Erik Carrazco come up with the game's biggest save denying the game-winning score for Corban en route to giving both teams their first conference tie of the season.

Sophomore goalkeeper Steven Mason made his return between the pipes following a two-game absence and registered a game-high tying five saves, while Carrazco also made five saves for Northwest Christian in 110 minutes of play.

Offensively, Corban would record more shots (21-to-17) than Northwest Christian with both teams putting seven shots on goal. The visiting Warriors would earn two more corner kicks (5-to-3) than the host Beacons, while a combined 39 fouls were called during the game.

"NCU outplayed us," said head coach Paul Meehan. "We had every opportunity to get the result tonight and we didn't get it done. We have no one to blame but ourselves. I'm confident that we will respond appropriately and perform better on Friday."

Corban will return to the pitch on Friday, September 28th, against the Hustlin' Owls of Oregon Tech beginning at approximately 3:00 p.m. on Warrior Field following the women's game between Corban and Eastern Oregon.