INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Lewis University's men's soccer team played to a 1-1 draw against the top ranked Indianapolis Greyhounds on Friday evening at Key Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. The Flyers are now 4-1-2, 2-1-1 GLVC while the Greyhounds are 5-0-1, 3-0-1 GLVC.
Lewis jumped on top in the ninth minute on
Jimmy Mwanga's (Dublin, Ireland/CBS Lucan) second goal of the season with an assist from
Domenic Baumann (Bergheim, Germany/Brauweiler). Mwanga shot it into the lower right corner.
The Hounds looked for the equalizer but were unable to break through the Flyer defense as only one of those shots made its way through to
Sebastian Doppelhofer (Liebmannweg, Austria/Kapfenburg).
UIndy had an 8-5 advantage in shots In the opening half but the Flyers put two on goal to just one for the Gryehounds.
The Hounds got the equalizer 3:25 into the second half on Dylan Bollard's fourth goal of the season with an assist from Michael Tselios.
Mwanga had a chance to give Lewis the lead in the final 10 minutes of regulation but his shot missed wide.
UIndy had a chance to win the game midway through the first overtime but Doppelhofer stopped Cole Rainwater's attempt to keep the game tied.
Mwanga had two chances early in the second overtime but his first attempt was blocked and his second attempt was saved by Dimitrios Karousos.
The Greyhounds recorded five shots in the second overtime but four of those were blocked and the fifth missed wide.
UIndy finished the contest with a 20-9 advantage in shots but each team had four shots on goal. The Hounds also had a 10-3 advantage in corner kicks.
The Flyers are back in action on Sunday (Sept. 26) traveling to Evansville, Ind., to take on Southern Indiana at noon.