UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley State
University men's soccer team won their home opener today (Sept. 10)
when they defeated Indiana Tech. , 4-3 in double overtime.
The Cardinals came out strong early in the game going up
2-0. The first goal came at the 10:05 mark when freshman Noah Sawyer
(East Lansing, Mich. / Haslett HS) found the foot of senior Anthony
Palazzolo (Warren, Mich. / De La Salle HS). Just a little
over two minutes later Zach Myers (Grand
Rapids, Mich. / Forrest Hills Eastern HS) passed the ball to Zach Walega
(Saline, Mich.) who found the back of the net for his first college
career goal. Indiana Tech scored one goal at the 28:09 mark
to make the game 2-1 heading into halftime.
Indiana Tech came back from the half with two goals to give them
a 3-2 advantage until the 84:52 mark of the contest when Myers
would score for the Cardinals to tie the game and send it into
overtime. The first overtime kept the score deadlocked at
three for each team. Junior Andrew Burgeson
(Shelby Township, Mich. / Utica Einsenshower HS) passed the ball up
to Sawyer who put the ball in the net in double overtime to give
Saginaw Valley the 4-3 win.
Senior goaltender Piotr Kazmierczak
(Stargard, Poland) had four saves on the day and recorded the win
for the Cardinals giving him a 2-2 overall record.
With the win Saginaw Valley improves to 2-2 overall on the
season, while Indiana Tech falls to 4-2 overall on the
season. The Cardinals will be back in action on Sunday (Sept.
12) when they face Ohio Dominican at home. Game time is
scheduled for 2:30 pm.
