GLENSIDE, Pa. - The No. 2 Messiah women's soccer team drew 0-0 with the Arcadia Knights on Wednesday night. The Falcons outshot the Knights 24-10 in the match, but neither team could find the back of the net.

Maddie Kohl and Brooke Firestone led the Falcons with four shots each in the match with Kohl sending two attempts on frame. Megan Mansfield came off the bench and took three shots in the match, putting a match-high three shots on goal.

Sarah Yunez made three saves between the pipes in the draw, helping Messiah to their ninth-straight shutout. The Falcons have not allowed a goal since Sept. 19 against Elizabethtown.

Messiah will wrap up the regular season this weekend against the Marywood Pacers on Friday night at 7:00 p.m.

Back-And-Forth Battle
Wednesday night's match was a back-and-forth battle the entire way through. Despite the Falcons earning 24 of the match's 34 total shots, they were unable to find the back of the net to break open the scoring.

Both sides had chances in the match, with the Falcons having the first quality look off a corner kick with a shot from Barb Foster that rattled off the crossbar in the 10th minute.

Messiah held a 6-2 advantage in shots in the opening half before ripping 14 attempts in the second-half against six shots for the Knights. The Falcons put six attempts on frame, but the Knights' keeper turned all six attempts away and the game remained scoreless through 90 minutes of play.

Despite four chances for Messiah and two shots from Arcadia during the overtime periods, the match ended in a scoreless draw, the first scoreless draw for Messiah since Oct. 4, 2017 vs. Albright.

What's The Impact
Even with the draw on Wednesday night, Messiah locks up the top seed in the MAC Commonwealth Tournament that begins next Wednesday, due to their goal differential against conference teams. Messiah has now finished their 18th-straight regular season with an undefeated conference record. The Falcons have now extended their streak of regular season conference games without a loss to 132 matches with a record of 127-0-5.

What's Up Next
As mentioned the Falcons have locked up the top seed in next week's MAC Commonwealth Tournament that will begin for Messiah with the semifinals on Wednesday night. The Falcons will host the winner of the play-in game between the fourth and fifth seeds on Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. Before the conference tournament, the Falcons will wrap-up the regular season on Friday night with a non-conference game against Marywood Pacers at 7:00 p.m.