DePaul Drops Match to Georgetown, 2-1, in OT

Friday, September 21

Washington, D.C.

2:00 P.M. CT

DePaul University

4-5, 1-1

Georgetown

5-2-1, 1-1-0

OT 2

DePaul

Georgetown

9/21/2018 4:06:00 PM | MEN'S SOCCER

Box Score

Third straight OT match for DePaul

CHICAGO - The Blue Demons played their third straight OT match Friday afternoon against Georgetown in their first BIG EAST road game, falling just short to the Hoyas in overtime, 2-1, in Washington D.C.

The Hoyas' offensive onslaught was consistent throughout the entire match, firing off 29 shots off total with DePaul sophomore goalkeeper Drew Nuelle tallying 10 saves.

Before Friday's match, Nuelle had 25 saves on the season. He tallied 10 more saves tonight against the Hoyas.

Just before halftime, the Hoyas took a 1-0 lead as a ball from Rio Hope-Gund found the back of the net in the 41^st minute for his second goal of the season. The Blue Demons would respond in fashion and score the equalizer in the 54^th minute. Zach El-Shafei would place the ball in the back right corner of the net off a rebound off the crossbar from Michael Mojarro.

Just four minutes into overtime, the Hoyas would find a way to finish out the game in their advantage. Montes would place a cross to the right post to Lochner, who made a diving header redirecting the ball behind Nuelle towards Achara, who put it away for the victory.

Key Numbers
54...Minute Zach El-Shafei scores the equalizer. Michael Mojarro records an assist off the crossbar, his first of the season.
10...Saves made by Drew Nuelle today.
3…Shots Zach El-Shafei would tally Friday, two on goal.

Quotes
From Head coach Mark Plotkin

On Drew Nuelle's performance today...
"Drew played great and came up big for us today. Georgetown is a very dynamic team. Our defense held strong and limited as many opportunities as they could, but when you play teams like Georgetown, they find ways to get shots off and that's where we need Drew to come up with quality saves and he's been doing that for us."

On the defensive end of things...
"Max and the entire back line out in a great shift today. Losing Brayden hurt, but Josh Bowser and Anton Sell filled in and got the job done. I thought Max and Saša had great performances today to make big plays inside the box defensively. Their heart and spirit was fantastic today."

On his squad...
"Overall I'm just proud of this team. No matter what the circumstances, we keep fighting and find our way back in games. Max, Mike and Zach connected on the counter attack to get us back into the game and these guys battled all the way through overtime."

Up Next
DePaul will hit the road again next week for a contest against the Villanova Wildcats. Kickoff is set for noon CT in Pennsylvania.

Quick Scouting the Wildcats
'Nova sits at 5-2 overall on the season, 0-1 in BIG EAST play. They play Creighton in their conference home opener Sat. Sept. 22 following a 3-2 win over La Salle University on Wednesday. Leading Villanova in points is senior midfielder Zach Zandi with 12 points, five goals, 18 shots, two assists and two game-winners. Behind him with two game-winners himself is Yusuf Ceuceoglu, who has tallied four goals and eight points.

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