Wheeling, W.Va. – The West Liberty University men's soccer team battled to their second consecutive draw to end the regular season on Wednesday night with a 1-1 tie at Wheeling. After a scoreless first half the Hilltoppers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 60^th minute before the Cardinals tied the match once again less than ten minutes later.
 
QUICK DETAILS
Final Score: West Liberty 1, Wheeling 1
Team Records: West Liberty 5-6-6 (4-6-4 MEC), Wheeling 1-13-3 (0-11-3 MEC)
Attendance: 100
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• West Liberty broke the scoreless tie with an unassisted goal from Rhys Lewis in the 60^th minute. Lewis intercepted a pass from a Wheeling defender and immediately fired a shot from roughly 35 yards out that went over the outstretched hands of the keeper and into the top right corner of the net.
• The Hilltopper lead only lasted eight minutes as the Cardinals knotted the score back up at one apiece in the 68^th minute with a goal from Jon-Micheal Gordan. Johannes Haugerud retrieved a deflected shot in the right half of the box and quickly passed the ball to a cutting Gordan, who then placed the ball into the bottom left corner of the net from the top of the six yard box.
• West Liberty held the advantage in shots (15-9) and corner kicks (5-4) while the teams were even in both shots-on-goal (4-4) and saves (3-3).

WEST LIBERTY STATISTICAL LEADERS
Rhys Lewis: 1 shot, 1 shot-on-goal, 1 goal
Zachary Forehand: 5 shots, 2 shots-on-goal
Noah Underwood: 3 saves
 
UP NEXT
West Liberty has clinched a berth in the Mountain East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament as the No. 6 seed. The Hilltoppers will travel to the No. 3 seed Davis & Elkins in the quarterfinal round at 3 p.m. on Sunday, November 5 at Nuttall Field in Elkins, West Virginia.