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(November 13, 2007) -UC
Riverside needed a late goal from senior captain Joel Crompton
in the 89th minute to escape with a 1-1 tie with UC Irvine
in Irvine, CA Tuesday night. Senior keeper Charles Alamo matched
a season-high in saves with eight, as the Highlanders (5-6-7
Overall, 2-4-5 Big West) played to their seventh tie of the
season.
UCR was able to overcome
senior Andrew Villalobos’s red-card in the 24th minute
as both squads played a match that featured 32 fouls called
throughout the night, including five yellow cards and two
red cards.
The game was decided in
the last three minutes with the Anteaters (6-7-5 overall,
1-6-3 Big West) taking the 1-0 lead in the 87th on Shane Westbrook’s
goal.
Having to play with only
10 players for most of the match, the Highlanders continued
to battle and turned up the pressure as time wound down. Crompton
took a cross from senior Brandon Plummer and banged it past
Irvine keeper Pat Barton to tie the match at 1-1 with less
than one minute to play.
UCR fired four shots in
the final overtime period but none found the back of the net
and the game ended in a tie.
The Highlanders travel up
to face # 9 UC Santa Barbara for their final game of the season
on Saturday.
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