DURHAM, N.H. – The No. 4 nationally-ranked University of New Hampshire men's soccer team tied Yale, 1-1, on Tuesday night at Wildcat Stadium. Graduate student Linus Fallberg(Jonkoping, Sweden) scored his fifth goal of the season in the 55th minute for the Wildcats.
UNH is now 12-0-1, while the Bulldogs are 4-4-3. UP NEXT:
UNH returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 16 versus Vermont at 7 p.m. at Wildcat Stadium on AmericaEast.TV for Senior Night.
Graduate studentPaul Mayer (Strasbourg, France) took the first attempt on goal for the Wildcats with a shot to the bottom right in the 10th minute of the game, but Chris Edwards saved the shot for the Bulldogs.
Then in the 55th minute, Mayer sent a shot soaring to the center of the net, but the ball bounced off the crossbar resulting in Linus Fallberg (Jonkoping, Sweden) sending the rebound to the back of the net to give UNH a 1-0 lead.
Yale tied the game at 1-1 in the 87th minute when Paolo Carroll sent a loose ball to the left side of the net.
Junior goalkeeperJassem Koleilat (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) made a key save for UNH in the 102nd minute denying a shot in the center of the goal by Quanah Brayboy.
The Wildcats outshot the Bulldogs in the second overtime period 3-1 but the game ended in a 1-1 tie.
Jassem Koleilat (Photo by China Wong)
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
UNH outshot Yale 16-12 with five shots on goal, while the Bulldogs took three shots on goal.
The Wildcats attempted 10 corner kicks, while the Bulldogs had six.
Koleilat had two saves and Edwards had four.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
UNH leads the all-time series between the teams, 1-0-1.
Fallberg now has five goals which are the second most on the team.
The Wildcats are 6-0-1 at home this season. UNH is 40-1-6 all-time at Wildcat Stadium, outscoring the opposition by a 95-17 advantage.
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