BIRMINGHAM-UAB (2-7-1, 0-0-1) opened Conference USA play with a 1-1 draw in double overtime with Old Dominion (1-0-1, 0-0-1) on Saturday evening.
“It was a typical conference match up for two even teams,” said head coach Jeff Kinney. “In today’s game, it was going to come down to one play to win. Unfortunately, we could not make that play. I thought we left some goals on the field today that we need to do a better job with moving forward. It was great to see Tyrell get his goal after being on the doorstep a few times this year. Now, we regroup for an always tough matchup with Charlotte.”
Tyrell Price fired off the first shot on goal attempt for UAB that was saved by last week’s Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week Djibril Doumbia in the seventh minute. In the 15thminute, Price found the back of the net to put the Blazers up 1-0.
Old Dominion would not back down as they tried to get on the scoreboard a couple of times, but goalkeeper Seth Torman was there to save both shot attempts. In the 30thminute, Ettore Casadei evened the score 1-1 for the Monarchs.
After the Old Dominion goal, it became a very defensive game. Although both teams tallied 10 shots combined including both overtime periods, neither team was able to score resulting in a 1-1 draw.
UAB will travel to North Carolina to face another conference opponent in Charlotte on March 13 at 1 p.m.
Quick Kicks
- UAB had 11 shots and ODU had seven
- UAB and ODU had six corner shots
- Teodor Thorvaldsen and Tyrell Price had two shots on goal each
- Grayson Dupont, Shane De Leon, and Mayno Linares had one shot on goal each.
- Seth Torman had three saves.
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