PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Geneva College men's soccer team settled for a 1-1 draw at Chatham on Saturday afternoon after the Cougars scored a game-tying goal with three minutes remaining. Geneva, which has already clinched the top spot in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) and so had nothing to gain with the win, is now 10-4-3 overall, 7-0-2 in the PAC.
Neither team had a lot of chances in the early going, but the Golden Tornadoes got on the board in the 33rd minute when sophomore Wil Dunda played a free kick into the box that junior Darren Main slotted over to sophomore Jeremy Thompson. Thompson was open on the back post where he poked the ball into the net.
Geneva appeared to have doubled its lead in the 67th minute off a corner kick. Main collected the ball in the box and drilled one home, but the referee whistled off the goal with a much-disputed foul call by the a Geneva player.
That call came back to make a difference when a loose ball in the Geneva box hit a defender's hand with three minutes to go, allowing Chatham's Luke Matzelle to equalize with a penalty kick goal to pull out a draw, 1-1.
Geneva finished with a 13-10 advantage in shots, as well as a 5-0 edge in corner kicks.
The Golden Tornadoes will wrap up the regular season on Wednesday with a home match against Waynesburg at 7:00 p.m. Geneva will receive a bye in the first round of the playoffs and is scheduled to host a semifinal match on Wednesday, November 1.
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