ASTON, Pa. – On Saturday evening, the sixteenth-ranked Messiah University men's soccer team and the Knights of Neumann University tied, 0-0. The Knights started the game strong with three shots on goal in the first 30 minutes, but
Killian O'Reilly made the save on all three shots to keep the game scoreless. The Falcons tallied two shots on goal in the final six minutes, but the Knights' goalkeeper made the saves to keep the game tied at the half. Early in the second half both teams sent two shots on goal, but each goalkeeper made a pair of saves to keep the game tied. The Knights got off three late shots on goal, but
Killian O'Reilly came up clutch with the saves to earn the draw.
Up next, the Falcons travel to Reading, Pa. to take on the Golden Wolves of Alvernia University on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 7:00 p.m.
First Half
After some back-and-forth play, the Knights got the first chance on goal in the 22nd minute, but
Killian O'Reilly made the save to keep the game scoreless. The Knights continued on the attack with two more shots on goal, but O'Reilly made a pair of saves to keep the game tied in the 30th minute. The Falcons looked for their first chance in the 39th minute with a shot on goal from
Brandon Gardner, but Knights' goalkeeper made the save to keep the game scoreless. The Falcons got off one more shot on goal before the break from
Cam Holiday, but the shot was saved and score remained tied at the break.
Second Half
The Knights started the second half strong with a shot on goal, but once again
Killian O'Reilly stood tall to keep the game tied in the 48th minute. After a pair of shots went wide,
Owen Resch sent a shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the Knights' goalkeeper made another save to keep the Falcons off the board. The back-and-forth battle continued with a shot on goal from the Knights in the 64th minute, but O'Reilly made the save to keep the game scoreless. Resch added another shot on goal in the 77th minute, but again the Knights' goalkeeper made another save. The Knights continued on the attack with a pair of shots on goals, but O'Reilly continued to be a brick wall in goal for the Falcons to keep the game tied. The Knights looked for one final chance in the 89th minute with a shot on goal, but again O'Reilly came up huge with a big save to earn the draw.
Stats
The Falcons totaled 11 shots with four shots on goal. The Knights tallied 16 shots with eight shots on goal. Messiah earned eight corner kicks to the Knights six.
Killian O'Reilly earned the start in goal for the Falcons and tallied eight saves.
Next
The Falcons travel to Reading, Pa. to take on the Golden Wolves of Alvernia University on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 7:00 p.m.
