WILMORE, Ky. – The Asbury men's soccer team (3-3-3, 1-0-0 CCS) battled back from two separate deficits on Wednesday night, using goals from
Sawyer Lee and
Fabricio Turner alongside a nine-save performance from
Tolan Beaty to earn a 2-2 draw with Georgetown College (2-6-3, 0-2-1 NAIA) at the Asbury Soccer Field.
Georgetown opened the scoring just over five minutes into the match as Asukulu Chantike found the net at the 5:02 mark to give the Tigers an early 1-0 advantage.
AU answered in the 24th minute through
Sawyer Lee. The Asbury defender delivered his first goal of the season at 23:17 to pull the Eagles even at one.
The Tigers responded before halftime when Joseph Taylor scored in the 36th minute off an assist from Logan Anderson, sending Georgetown into the break with a 2-1 lead.
Asbury came out looking for the equalizer in the second half.
Ariel Ortega put an attempt on frame in the 49th minute before
Elyse Kaze forced another save from Georgetown goalkeeper Lukas Steiner at 52:51.
The Eagles finally broke through again in the 60th minute.
Ben Shifflet set up
Fabricio Turner, who scored at 59:10 to level the match at 2-2. The goal was Turner's second of the season.
Georgetown continued to pressure the AU defense down the stretch, but
Tolan Beaty stood strong in goal. The senior goalkeeper made saves in the 77th minute on attempts from Carl Gustavsson and Cameron Whitis before producing the biggest stop of the night in the 83rd minute.
After Georgetown was awarded a penalty kick at 82:25, Oliver Fallon stepped to the spot with a chance to put the Tigers back in front.
Tolan Beaty denied the attempt, keeping the contest even at 2-2.
Neither side found a winner over the remaining minutes as the Eagles secured the 2-2 draw.
Georgetown finished with an 18-12 advantage in shots and an 11-5 edge in shots on goal.
Tolan Beaty made nine saves across the full 90 minutes for AU, including five in the opening half and four in the second. Asbury recorded three corner kicks compared to seven for Georgetown.
Sawyer Lee and
Fabricio Turner supplied the AU goals, while
Ben Shifflet recorded the Eagles' lone assist.
Elyse Kaze,
Ariel Ortega and
Eli Redpath each added a shot on goal for Asbury.
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Tolan Beaty | 9 SV (Career-High), 1 PK Save
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Sawyer Lee | G (1)
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Fabricio Turner | G (2)
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Ben Shifflet | 1 AST
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Elyse Kaze | SOG
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Ariel Ortega | SOG
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Eli Redpath | SOG
Asbury next travels to CCS foe LaGrange College Sat., Oct. 3 at 3 PM
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