Late goal earns Men’s Soccer road point at Carson-Newman

Jefferson City, Tenn. —- The Catawba College men's soccer team earned a point on the road Saturday evening, drawing at Carson-Newman 2-2 in South Atlantic Conference play.

TEAM STATS

- Carson-Newman out-shot Catawba 24-13

- The Eagles held the advantage in shots on goal 8-7

- Each team had five corner kicks in the match

- Both teams received two yellow cards, while Catawba had the lone red card

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

- Joe Allerton scored Catawba's first goal of the day

- Sebastia Cerda-Tous netted the goal that forced the draw

- Jacopo Suagher, Salano Birch, Oscar Taylor and Joe Bennett also recorded shots on goal

- Zak Stiffler made six saves in the result

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST HALF

- Carson-Newman fired the first shot on goal of the match in the 11th minute, but Stiffler stepped up for the save

- Rhydian Williams broke through for the Eagles as they took a 1-0 lead in the 23rd minute

SECOND HALF

- Suagher got a shot on in the 55th minute, but the attempt was cleared off the line by the Carson-Newman defense

- Another attempt from Taylor was saved in the 64th minute

- Catawba evened the score later in the same minute on Allerton's PK goal

- Stiffler made another pair of saves in the next 10 minutes before Nic Cash regained the lead for C-N in the 79th minute

- Cerda-Tous matched the score not even two minute later to tie the game back up at 2

- Stiffler racked up three more saves the rest of the way, as Catawba earned the point on the road

UP NEXT

- Catawba take a break from South Atlantic Conference action, hosting Davis & Elkins on Wednesday for a 3 p.m. start from Frock Field