Box Score

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – With two second-half equalizers from senior Patrick Urmson and freshman Jeff Ballard on Sunday evening, the Shippensburg University men's soccer team managed to record a 2-2 draw with Holy Family from David See Field.

Shippensburg (1-0-1) finished with a 21-10 advantage in shots and an 8-5 lead in corners over the Tigers (0-1-1).

After a scoreless start, Holy Family opened up the scoring with 10 minutes left before intermission when Kevin McCollick beat the defense and faced a challenging SU senior goalkeeper Clay Sale. McCollick sent a shot by the fast-approaching Sale and into the back left of the net for the 1-0 Tiger lead.

A pass from junior Josh Gannon in the 64th minute deflected off a defender and into the air, where Urmson headed in the loose ball to tie the game with his first goal of the season. Less than a minute later, however, Holy Family's Aiah Mbriwa sent a shot past Sale to retake the lead at 2-1.

With a feed from senior Oli Templeton in the 80th minute, Ballard came up the right hash, eluded two defenders and rolled a shot past sliding HFU goalkeeper Nick Aglira (nine saves on the evening) and into the back of the net for the equalizer and for his first collegiate goal.

Each team had several chances in the final minutes of regulation, including one three-shot Raider sequence in the 88th minute that included attempts from freshman Robert Furfaro and senior Jonathan DeNicola turned away by Aglira and a loose ball that junior Derrick Roy tracked down and sent wide of the net.

More opportunities presented themselves in both overtimes, including a Templeton shot a minute into the second OT that hit the crossbar and a Roy strike with under a minute left that sailed high.

Sale finished with four saves while Templeton had a game-high seven shots – including three on goal. Roy totaled four shots while Furfaro recorded three shots off the bench.

Shippensburg returns to action on Wednesday with a 5 p.m. home match against West Virginia Wesleyan (1-0-1) from David See Field.