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University of Massachusets Athletics
UMass Ties St. Joseph's In Double Overtime, 1-1
October 01, 2004 | Men's Soccer
Oct. 1, 2004
PHILADELPHIA - Sophomore Rob Charest (Monson, Mass.) scored his team-leading fifth goal of the season as Saint Joseph's and Massachusetts played to a 1-1 double overtime tie in the Atlantic 10 men's soccer opener for both teams. UMass moves to 3-5-1 (0-0-1 Atlantic 10), while SJU goes to 1-6-1 (0-0-1 Atlantic 10).
Craig Olsen put the Hawks on the board in the 26th minute. He took one shot which deflected off a UMass defender and collected the ball to blast a shot from point blank range, which then hit the crossbar and fell into the net.
Massachusetts got the equalizer at 60:11 when Tyler Pagano (Mundelein,Ill.) sent a long cross to Charest, who headed it from five yards away.
The teams played a hard fought and physical match the rest of the way, with neither team able to capitalize. UMass took it to the wire and with five seconds left in the second overtime, Richie Higa (Honolulu, Hawaii) was in the box, but sent his shot just high over the net.
Chris DiStefano made five saves for Saint Joseph's while facing 17 UMass shots. Colin Burns (Newark, Del.) made two stops in goal for UMass, which outshot the Hawks, 17-9.