BEREA, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University men's soccer team defeated Heidelberg University by a score of 3-2 inside Tressel Field at George Finnie Stadium to inch ever so closer to earning a spot in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament next week.
BW (7-11-1, 3-4 OAC) won the game in the second half. Goals in the first half were scored by freshman forward Gavin Nixon (Irvine, Calif/Orange Lutheran). Senior Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference Midfielder Owen Reyes (North Olmsted). Nate Usrey (Brecksville/Broadview Heights) scored the game winner with seven minutes to play to seal the deal against the Student Princes (2-15, 0-7 OAC).
BW Leaders
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Reyes, Nixon and Usrey each led the team on offense by scoring the three BW goals
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Nixon led the Yellow Jackets by taking seven shots
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Nixon and Reyes each had three shots on goal in addition to their goal, which led the team
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Sophomore defender Brady Brown (Muskegon, Mich./Fruitport) led the contribution category of assists with one in the first half to Nixon's goal
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Junior goalkeeper Diego Teran (Exton, Pa./Henderson) was the goalkeeper for the Brown and Gold and he saved two shots
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BW took 27 shots to lead both teams in this category, with Heidelberg only having nine shots
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BW had five corner kicks and the Student Princes had three
Heidelberg Leaders
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Forwards Nate Eagan and Logan Honniball each had one goal to lead the Student Princes' offense
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Midfielder Kaiden Reed had the only assist for Heidelberg which came on the Eagan goal
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Eagan and forward Inigo Focinos led the way with two shots each for the Student Princes; with Eagan having both on goal
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Goalkeeper Mikael Paulson had six saves and allowed three goals in the team's loss to the Yellow Jackets
First Half (BW 2-0)
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18:28 - The Yellow Jackets got on the board first by a goal that Nixon put in low-left with Brown coming in on the assist to get a 1-0 lead
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25:44 - Reyes scored a little bit more than seven minutes after Nixon to extend the lead to 2-0 heading into halftime which was unassisted
Second Half (BW 2-1)
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53:36 - Eagan connected for Heidelberg left-middle to cut the Yellow Jacket lead in half and Reed came in on the assist
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78:55 - Honniball scored a goal with just over 11 minutes to play to tie the game at two and BW surrendered its two-goal lead they had at the half
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82:42 - Usrey responded to give the Yellow Jackets a 3-2 lead marking the second consecutive game in which BW has won on a go-ahead goal in the final minutes
Up Next
The Yellow Jackets conclude the regular season on the road Saturday, November 1 at Muskingum University. The game starts at 3 pm and fans can tune into
FloCollege for live coverage.