Men's soccer defeats Fairfield and Niagra to clinch third straight NCAA tournament berth
Pat Taylor
Issue date: 11/17/09 Section: Sports
By Patrick Taylor
Sports Editor
For the third straight year, the Loyola Men's Soccer team will be heading the the NCAA College Cup.
On Sunday, the Hounds defeated Niagra in the MAAC Championship with 23 seconds left to play on a goal by freshman Matt Tyrie to propel them to their third straight appearance.
With minimal time left on the clock, Tyrie broke through the Niagra defense, a defense that had been packing it in all day, and managed to blast a shot to the top right corner to beat the Niagra goalkeeper to give Loyola the 1-0 win in double overtime.
It wouldn't have been a game against Niagra without Phil Bannister getting an assist, and he was the one that picked up a loose ball and fed it to Tyrie for the game winning strike.
Loyola played Niagra earlier on in the season, but it was a completely different game.
A few weeks back, Loyola trounced Niagra by a score of 4-0, with all four goals being assisted by Bannister.
Sunday's game was a completely different game all together. Niagra decided to play Italian-esque football and keep ten or eleven players behind the ball at all times.
With that many bodies in the defensive zone, it was hard for Loyola to make a breakthrough, and when they did the shots were either half-chances or ambitious attempts.
A lot of the offensive pressure came during the overtime periods, with Loyola getting a few decent chances as fatigue began to set in for Niagra.
Daniel Ankrah had an opportunity in overtime to end it, but his shot found it's way to the net blocked, as did a Charlie Hutton shot.
Eddie Dines had a chance to end the game in the first overtime, but Niagra's keeper came up with a miraculous stop on his shot.
Dines cut across the 18-yard box, and ripped a hard, curling shot that was destined for the top right corner, but the keeper was more than equal to the shot.
Even though it looked like it was heading in to penalty kicks, Tyrie managed to come up and clinch an NCAA Tournament spot for the Loyola Greyhounds.
Sports Editor
For the third straight year, the Loyola Men's Soccer team will be heading the the NCAA College Cup.
On Sunday, the Hounds defeated Niagra in the MAAC Championship with 23 seconds left to play on a goal by freshman Matt Tyrie to propel them to their third straight appearance.
With minimal time left on the clock, Tyrie broke through the Niagra defense, a defense that had been packing it in all day, and managed to blast a shot to the top right corner to beat the Niagra goalkeeper to give Loyola the 1-0 win in double overtime.
It wouldn't have been a game against Niagra without Phil Bannister getting an assist, and he was the one that picked up a loose ball and fed it to Tyrie for the game winning strike.
Loyola played Niagra earlier on in the season, but it was a completely different game.
A few weeks back, Loyola trounced Niagra by a score of 4-0, with all four goals being assisted by Bannister.
Sunday's game was a completely different game all together. Niagra decided to play Italian-esque football and keep ten or eleven players behind the ball at all times.
With that many bodies in the defensive zone, it was hard for Loyola to make a breakthrough, and when they did the shots were either half-chances or ambitious attempts.
A lot of the offensive pressure came during the overtime periods, with Loyola getting a few decent chances as fatigue began to set in for Niagra.
Daniel Ankrah had an opportunity in overtime to end it, but his shot found it's way to the net blocked, as did a Charlie Hutton shot.
Eddie Dines had a chance to end the game in the first overtime, but Niagra's keeper came up with a miraculous stop on his shot.
Dines cut across the 18-yard box, and ripped a hard, curling shot that was destined for the top right corner, but the keeper was more than equal to the shot.
Even though it looked like it was heading in to penalty kicks, Tyrie managed to come up and clinch an NCAA Tournament spot for the Loyola Greyhounds.
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"Eddie Dines had a chance to end the game in the first overtime, but Niagra's keeper came up with a miraculous stop on his shot.
Dines cut across the 18-yard box, and ripped a hard, curling shot that was destined for the top right corner, but the keeper was more than equal to the shot. (Continued…)
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