TAMPA, Fla. – The 15
th ranked Lynn men's soccer team settled for a 2-2 draw against Tampa, Saturday night. The Fighting Knights scored two unanswered goals to take the lead before allowing the tying marker in the 81
st minute. Lynn is now 7-2-4 overall and 2-2-4 in the Sunshine State Conference.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Spartans scored less than three minutes into the match on a shot by Pablo Marquez
- After each team exchanged shots over the next 20 minutes, Lynn tied the match
- Graduate student
Luis Kiefer took a pass from senior
Patrick O'Halloran and buried it for the equalizer
- Lynn held a 7-3 edge in shots heading into the half, including posting five shots on goal
- The Fighting Knights' attack led to a corner kick less than three minutes into the second half
- Senior
Fabio Menzel found graduate student
Kymani King for a goal to the right of the Tampa keeper to give Lynn a 2-1 lead in the 64
th minute
- Tampa attempted the next three shots, with the third tying the match at 80:50 on a shot by Anu Alemanji
- O'Halloran (88:16) and Kiefer (89:45) each posted shots over the final few minutes as the match ended in a 2-2 draw
FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Lynn is now 22-12-6 all-time against Tampa
- Kiefer tied O'Halloran for the team lead with his fourth goal of the season
- Kiefer and O'Halloran led all players with three shots each in the match
- King scored his first career goal as a Fighting Knight
UP NEXT:
- Lynn faces Palm Beach Atlantic in an SSC road match on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 7:00 pm
