Indianapolis – The IUPUI men’s soccer team played Sunday (September 4) against Western Illinois at Michael A. Carroll Stadium in an embarrassing 3-3 draw. The two teams combined he scored three goals in the final four minutes of the game. IUPUI recovered from his 2-0 and 3-2 deficits to pull even on a day when he outpaced Guest by a margin of 20-8.
IUPUI (1-1-2) gave results on a day that seemed dead many times.
“It was just an emotional roller coaster. It was crazy and it was fun,” said Van Drunen. “At the same time, we put ourselves in a position we shouldn’t have been in and we handled it really well. They had tremendous grit, heart and sweat and they went down 2-0 and made it two. -2, conceded quickly and made straight scores to 3-3.
“It was a match I didn’t want to be in too often.”
The Jaguars looked dead in the water after conceding a second in the 66th minute to give the Leathernecks a 2–0 lead. However, IUPUI stepped off the mat in the 73rd minute and Josemir Gomez He scored his third goal of the season with a shot from under the crossbar from a feed from . Logan Finnegan.
IUPUI’s offense kept the pressure on and continuously produced attempts, but was repeatedly thwarted by WIU goalkeeper Alex Flowers. As we fought through it, the clock seemed to stop in the final five minutes when the game turned into an absurdity.
freshman Brady Horn IUPUI was pulled again in the 87th minute and he shot past Flowers from a difficult angle on the restart.Junior Lucas Hakka played a free kick into danger Ethan Vermillionheaded the ball wide into the horn for his first career score.
Western Illinois (0-2-2) took all 33 seconds to regain the lead in the 88th minute when Xavier Brown shot past the IUPUI goalkeeper Bryson Najarian, quiets the noisy IUPUI contingent. The Jaguars also scored the final score of the day, and 18 seconds after him, Vermillion fired a shot from the right that went through Flowers’ legs to record the first college score.
IUPUI continued to pick up the pace in the final minute, with shots from both Vermillion and Hackaa narrowly off target in the final 30 seconds of the game.
Playing just 38 minutes off the bench, Vermillion has always been a thorn in the side of the WIU. After a slow start on Sunday, Gomez finished off with three shots, including two on target.
Speaking of the team’s late-game scoring prowess, Van Drunen said: “I’m very proud of it. To be honest, it wasn’t something we knew. “It’s a huge strength that we can have as a team. Yes, and it’s been done by players coming off the bench. The fact that they have it in the locker proves that they can get results, even if they didn’t at first…the best.”
Najarian, who made his IUPUI debut with a goal, finished with two saves.
The IUPUI will see the Jaguars return to action in the Horizon League game at Wright State University on Saturday, Sept. 10 at 5 p.m. on ESPN+.
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