Tartans Win Streak Snapped with Tie at Denison
The Carnegie Mellon University men's soccer team had it's five-game winning streak snapped with a 1-1 tie at Denison University on Saturday, Sept. 26. The result puts the Tartans at 6-1-2 for the year while the Big Red move to 4-1-3.
Inside the Box Score
- Senior Kai Yamamato made the game's first save in the 19th minute.
- The Tartans had the next three shots on goal with junior Sandor Preda, senior Sola Nishimura, and senior Dominic Hoar-Weiler each having an attempt stopped by the Denison keeper.
- The Tartans defense kept the game scoreless in the 27th minute by clearing an attempt from the goal line.
- Following an amazing run and incisive pass through the middle from freshman Ian Kim, sophomore forward Ben Park scored the game's opening goal with a tidy left-footed finish in the 35th minute.
- Yamamato had another save in the opening minutes of the second half and again in the 74th minute while the Big Red stopped a shot from Preda and Kim in the 52nd and 67th minutes.
- In the 81st minute, Denison equalized with a tap in following a pass from the near post when Emmett O'Brien was able to beat Yamamoto to the ball to poke it across the goal mouth for Jack Rice to finish.
- Yamamoto made another save in the 82nd minute while the last shot of the game came from freshman Thomas Thornton in the 86th minute that was wide.