Dukes Edged By 'Eaters in Third Straight Overtime Match

Sunday, September 2

Irvine, Calif.

10 p.m.

James Madison University

1-2-1

UC Irvine

2-1-1

OT 3

OT 4

James Madison

UC Irvine

Photo by: Cathy Kushner/JMU Athletics Communications

9/3/2018 1:19:00 AM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Irvine, Calif. - After its third consecutive match in overtime, the James Madison men's soccer team fell short to UC Irvine, 2-1, in the 103^rdminute of action on Sunday night. The Dukes are now 1-2-1 on the season while the 'Eaters improve to 2-1-1.

UC Irvine's Darren Hamilton was awarded a red card at the 32-minute mark, forcing the 'Eaters to play a man down for the rest of the match. Unable to take advantage of the card in the first half, junior Tim Estermann tallied the first shot for JMU after 48 minutes of play. The Dukes took seven of their 14 shots in the second half.

HOW THEY SCORED
52' | Senior Aaron Ward-Baptiste headed his first goal of the season into the far post on a perfect cross from sophomore Peik Koskinen.
62' | Junior Jose Ortiz scored the equalizer on a free kick from 20 yards out, sending it to the upper right of the net.
104' | Alvaro Gonzalo took the corner for UC Irvine, sending it to Jose Soto who headed the ball to the feet of senior Ivan Canales. On a sliding shot, Canales scored the game-winning goal past TJ Bush in the left corner.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
The 'Eaters outshot the Dukes 14-11, taking seven shots on goal to JMU's two. JMU was called offside nine times whereas UC Irvine only received the call once. Redshirt sophomore TJ Bush finished the night with five saves, just one shy from his career-high six against Air Force on August 26.

QUOTING HEAD COACH PAUL ZAZENSKI
"This trip has taught us a lot about defending late in games. It hurt us tonight to not have some key guys on the field for various reasons and I think our inexperience showed against a very good Irvine team. We need to take a few days to recover from three straight overtime games and prepare for another tough game against Radford."

UP NEXT
The Dukes return to Harrisonburg to host Radford on Saturday, September 8 at Sentara Park. The match against the Highlanders is set to begin at 7 p.m.