Press Release

OCTOBER 10, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: RUDY YOVICH, SID
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Mastodons Fall in OT

Fort Wayne, IN- The IPFW men’s soccer team hosted Bowling Green Friday night at the Hefner Soccer Fields. Regulation couldn’t decide it, but an overtime goal by the Falcons lifted BGSU to a 2-1 win.

In fact, Bowling Green scored all three goals in the match. At the 11 minute mark of the first half, IPFW’s Craig Vande Vusse (So/M/Kalamazoo, MI) lofted a long ball into the Bowling Green box. The ball caromed off of the Falcons Paul Dhaliwal and into the BGSU net. The “own-goal” gave the ‘Dons a 1-0 lead in the first half.

In the second half, the Falcons (4-5-2) tied it in the 62nd minute. Senior midfielder Eric Duda assisted on a goal by freshman midfielder Daniel Bartulovic.

It stayed tied after regulation, mostly due to the acrobatic goal keeping of junior Peter Hachaj (Palatine, IL).
Hachaj made 13 saves in the match, two of them were unbelievable stops of rebounds.

But, just three minutes into the overtime, Bowling Green’s Dusty Snyder converted a header from an Adrian Akpan feed to win the game.

With the loss, the Mastodons fall to 5-6-0 on the season. They will travel to Macomb, IL on Monday (10/13) to take on the Leathernecks of Western Illinois. Game time is 3pm.

~Dons~