INDIANAPOLIS - The UIndy men's soccer team drew 1-1 in heartbreaking fashion after a late equalizer from No. 7 ranked McKendree.
This is the third consecutive 1-1 draw between these two GLVC foes, the last non-draw result occurred in 2021 when the Greyhounds won 5-2.
This game was full of offense, a total of 41 shots were had between both teams, 26 from McKendree and 15 from UIndy. This is the most combined shots in a game for UIndy since there were 41 total combined shots vs. Missouri S&T in 2012.
HOW IT HAPPENED
McKendree started this game on the front foot, creating eight chances in the first 30 minutes of the match compared to UIndy's one shot from Alvaro Sanchez.
Of those eight chances, Ionas Giovanidis came up with two big saves in the 26th and 30th minutes of the game to keep the game tied 0-0.
The Hounds first chance on goal came in the 35th minute when his half-volley from outside the 18-yard box forced an important save from McKendree's Christian Herluf.
Mikobi's effort created an offensive spark for the Hounds the rest of the first half, which eventually led to a low driven left footed shot from Sanchez found the back of the net to give UIndy the 1-0 lead headed to the half.
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The second half was much of the same, lots of chances on goal from both teams.
UIndy took advantage of the early second half chances with a shot on goal from Lucas Bedleg in the 60th minute which forced a save, and also a header from Bobby Turner which hit the crossbar just three minutes later.
The remaining minutes of the half were big chance after big chance for both teams, but the real drama came in the final minute of the match when UIndy's Turner received his second yellow card of the match after a challenge just outside the box that gave the Bearcats a free kick.
That free kick created a chance from McKendree's Phillip Schmidt that was deflected, hit the crossbar and went out of bounds for a corner kick.
The Bearcats had two corner kicks in the final 30 seconds of the game, and on the second corner McKendree's Phillip Muehlhans got on the end of Paul Norberg's cross to beat a host of UIndy defenders and tie the game at one with just 12 seconds left.
That goal proved to be the last kick of the match, and ended a thrilling offensive outing between both teams with a 1-1 draw.
INSIDE THE BOX
- Giovanidis notched a season high seven saves today vs. McKendree.Â
- Bedleg recorded a team high four shots on goal in today's game.Â
- Gafar picked up his third assist on the season with the assist on Sanchez's goal.
- Sanchez scored his fourth goal of the season for the Hounds.
UP NEXT
UIndy will wrap up their regular season on Friday Nov. 1 at home, when the Hounds take on Lewis in a rematch of last year's GLVC tournament semifinal.Â
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