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(September 16, 2007) -UC
Riverside allowed Sacramento State to tie the score at 2-2
with one second remaining in regulation. Neither team could
score in the two overtime periods that followed and the score
stayed tied at 2-2 as UCR (3-2-1) tied its first match of
the season Sunday afternoon at the UCR Soccer Stadium.
The Highlanders got on
the board first at 14:25 when junior captain Joel Crompton
found the right side of the net from 18 yards out for a 1-0
UCR lead. Crompton took a short pass from sophomore Zach Walker
off of a free kick and banged it home for his second goal
of the season.
UCR made it 2-0 at the
50:39 mark in the second half when Walker picked up his second
assist of the season and of the game whe he found sophomore
Robert Cate in thebox, who turned and beat Hornet keeper Ryan
Kenny for his first goal of the season.
The Hornets (0-5-1) came
right back three minutes later on a perfectly placed crossing
pass that was headed in by Cody Shields to cut the UCR lead
to 2-1.
Crompton almost put UCR
up 3-1 late in the second half, but his shot, off a free-kick
just outside the box, hit the side of the net leaving the
UCR crowd thinking they had scored. All was for not as the
referee signaled no goal and the game resumed with the score
at 2-1.
A flurry of shots by Sacramento
State the last five minutes eventually took its toll on the
Highlander defense. An incredible goal was scored with one
second on the clock off the foot of Fernando Cabadas for the
Hornets. Cabadas took a cross and bicycle-kicked in the game-tying
goal by a diving Highlander keeper Charles Alamo.
The two teams sent long
passes up and down the field in both overtime periods looking
to beat one another’s fatigued defenses. Each team’s
defense held strong as the teams played to their first ties
of the season.
UCR plays host to Cal State
Bakersfield this Friday at 12 p.m. at the UCR Soccer Stadium.
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