The Purdue Northwest men's soccer team ended a hard-fought and back-and-forth road battle with Northwood in a 3-3 tie on Sunday afternoon.
The Basics
- Records: PNW (0-0-2), Northwood (1-0-1)
- Location: Dean Soccer Field - Midland, Mich.
- Attendance:Â
Inside The Numbers
- Senior Jacob Battista (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia/Dt Kevin's College (Viterbo University)), senior Hugo Lorenzo (Madrid, Spain/Guzman el Bueno (William Penn)), and freshman Xavier Potts (Bettendorf, Iowa/Bettendorf) led the Pride each scoring one goal
- Junior Jazir Warner (Sandys, Bermuda/The Calverton School) added an assist during the game.
- Senior Will Maurice (Minooka, Ill./Minooka (Lewis)) played all 90 minutes in net for Purdue Northwest and made two saves.
- Oliver Jarvis, Amedeo Crovasce, and Joseph Daulby each led Northwood with a goal apiece.
- Chris Escalente chipped in an assist for the Timberwolves.
- Robert Gjelaj played all 90 minutes in goal for Northwood and notched five saves.
The Breakdown
- Northwood scored the first goal of the game in the 29th minute off a Jarvis goal to go up 1-0.
- The Pride tied it up 1-1 a minute later from a Battista blast.
- The Timberwolves regained the lead in the 56th minute off a Crovasce strike to make it 2-1.
- Lorenzo tied the game up once again for the Pride in the 61st minute and the make the score 2-2.
- Purdue Northwest took their first lead of the game in the 80th minute from a Potts goal and put the Pride up 3-2.
- The Timberwolves responded and scored the game-tying goal off a corner in the 90th minute from Daulby to finish the contest with a 3-3 scoreline.
Up Next
- The Pride next return to home field action on Tuesday, September 5 when they host Quincy in non-conference action with kick-off slated for 1:00 p.m. central time.
