Gophers Battle to 3-3 Tie with Cairn in Opener

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Gophers Battle to 3-3 Tie with Cairn in Opener
September 1, 2022

TOWSON, Md. - Goucher College and Cairn University battled to a 3-3 tie in non-conference men's soccer Thursday afternoon at Beldon Field.  Per new NCAA overtime regulations, overtime will not be played in regular season matches this season.

First Half

  • Cairn (0-0-1) put three shots on goal in the first 20-plus minutes of the first half, but all three were stopped by Goucher (0-0-1) keeper Jeff Castro (Egg Harbor Township, N.J./Egg Harbor Township).
  • Bobby Beringer (Okinawa, Japan/Richard Montgomery) had the first Gopher shot on goal just past the 20-minute mark.
  • Abou Makine (Baltimore, Md./Patterson) got Goucher on the board with just over five minutes left in the first half, dribbling around Cairn keeper Chris Eelman and scoring to make it 1-0.
  • The Gophers carried a 1-0 lead into halftime.

Second Half

  • Beringer and Jeremiah Odubade (Capital Heights, Md./Fairmont Heights) each put shots on frame just past the 50-minute mark.
  • Cairn tied the game 1-1 on a goal by Josh Goodyear just past the 58-minute mark.
  • After back-to-back shots on goal just past the 60-minute mark, Goucher reclaimed the lead on a Beringer tally at 60:57.  Isaiah Perry (West Hartford, Conn./Hall) assisted on the tally.
  • 1:29 later, Yaya Diabagate (Hyattsville, Md./International HS at Langley Park) made it 3-1 off a corner kick with Ali Kazim Nakhid (Beirut, Lebanon/UMBC) Will Frasier (Hereford, Md./Hereford) assisting.
  • In the 75th minute, Moses Beers converted a penalty kick to cut the Gopher lead to 3-2.
  • Goucher put a pair of shots on goal with just over six minutes left but both were turned aside.
  • The Highlanders pulled even on a Tyler Skaer goal in the 85th minute.
  • Cairn had a shot and a corner kick in the game's waning moments.

Numbers and Notes

  • Goucher outshot Cairn 20-13.  Both teams took six corner kicks.
  • Castro made five saves for the Gophers, while Eelman made seven stops for Cairn.
  • Beringer led the Gophers with five shots.
  • Goucher picked up its first point in a season opener since 2018.

What's Next

  • Goucher returns to action at home Saturday, hosting Pitt-Greensburg in a 4 pm contest at Beldon Field.