UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University men's soccer team was involved in a back-and-forth match against newly-departed and former Ohio Athletic Conference member John Carroll University, with the game ending up in a 2-2 tie.
The highlight of the contest was in the second half as BW (3-2-1) outscored JCU (3-1-1) two goals to one, with the Yellow Jackets in control for much of the half until the Blue Streaks tied the game with a little more than four minutes to play.
BW Leaders
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Sophomore midfielder Robbie Rochford (Fairlawn/Copley) and Maguire Alden (Alexandria, Va./Thomas A. Edison) led the offense with each recording the shots that made it past the goaltender
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Junior midfielder Cimi Halilaj (Westlake) contributed on offense by assisting Rochford's goal
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Senior Academic All-OAC midfielder Owen Reyes (North Olmstead) led the way by taking two shots
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Junior goalkeeper Diego Teran (Exton, Pa./Henderson) started his third game at the net and tallied five saves
John Carroll Leaders
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Defender Noah Schmidt scored both of the Blue Streaks' goals
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Sophomore Louis Roseberry and freshman Dante Rajaie each recorded an assist to the Schmidt goals
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Schmidt and forward Dylan Halm led the way by taking three shots
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Schmidt led JCU with two shots on goal
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Goalkeeper Brendan Moher had two saves
First Half (JCU 1-0)
Second Half (Tied 2-2)
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53:21 - Alden got the Brown and Gold in the scoring column to notch things up at one
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66:49 - Rochford came up big to give the Yellow Jackets the lead which was assisted by Halilaj for the team's only assist of the game
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85:59 - Schmidt came back and tied the score up at two which was assisted by Rajaie, with neither team able to score after this point
Up Next
The Yellow Jackets return home for an under-the-lights matchup with Waynesburg (Pa.) College on Saturday, September 13. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. and the game can be seen live on FloCollege.