Brian McElroy
Brian McElroy

Men's Soccer Plays to 1-1 Tie with Eastern

10/4/2008 12:58:52 PM

MEN'S SOCCER PLAYS TO 1-1 DRAW WITH EASTERN


WILKES-BARRE -- The King's College men's soccer team was unable to make a 1-0 lead stand up in the finals minutes as the Monarchs settled for a 1-1 double-overtime tie with Eastern University Saturday night at Betzler Fields.

With the draw, King's now stands at 10-1-1 overall and 0-1-1 in the Freedom Conference while Eastern sits at 5-4-1 and 0-0-1 in league games.

King's would take a 1-0 lead at 14:32 of the first half when Mark Timko struck net off an assist by Cameron Audette.The score would remain the same until Eastern knotted the score when Brian Raffle drove home a rebounded off a shot by Terry Fry with just 3:10 left in the contest.

The teams would play two 10:00 extra frames but neither team would score.

Tim Kelly made seven saves in goal for the Monarchs.

The Monarchs return to action Monday at 7:00 p.m. against Keystone College at Betzler Fields.
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