BARTLESVILLE, OK - Lyon College goal keeper
Ignacio Suarez blocked two Oregon Tech goals in the and
Andrei Galca put in the winning goal in a shoutout that advanced the Scots to the next round of the 2021 NAIA Men's soccer National Championships at Oklahoma Wesleyan University.
Oregon Tech's Jake Mitchell made the first shot of the shootout after both teams had battled to a 0-0 tie after two halfs of 10-minute Golden Goal periods, which followed scoreless play in regulation.
Paul-Florian Efang made the first goal in the shootout for the Scots, then Suarez dove to his left to stop a shot by Oregon Tech's Gavin Wilmott.
Kanata Furutani made his shot to put Lyon ahead by one goal, 2-1.
Oregon Tech made a straight on goal and
Tavaris Wellington hit for Lyon to make it 3-2. Suarez bounced around behind the net line and blocked a straight on shot attempt by Reilly Combs. With only one goal to score for the win and end the shootout, Galaca stepped up and put the ball out of reach in the left corner of the goal for the win.
For the game, Lyon College had 21 shots with seven shots on goal. Suarez had two saves in regulation play. The Scots had 15 corner kicks, were offside only twice in the game and were flagged for 18 fouls. Oregon Tech only had nine shot attepts with two shots on goal and six saves. Tech was flagged for 14 fouls and was offsides once in the contest.
The Scots will play at 1 p.m. on Saturday afternoon against Oklahoma Wesleyan.