Indiana Tech Men's Soccer advanced to quarterfinals with win over No. 15 Keiser
WITCHITA, Kan. - The Indiana Tech Warriors kept their season alive on Tuesday afternoon in Kansas as they knocked off No.15 Keiser 2-1 in the round of 16 of the NAIA Men's Soccer National Championship. The Warriors scored the game winning goal with just three minutes remaining to punch their ticket to the quarterfinal round where they await the winner of Columbia (Mo.) and Oklahoma Wesleyan. That match will take place on Thursday at 5 p.m. EST. This is the second ranked team knocked off by the Warriors in as many games as they defeated No.2 Lindsey Wilson to advance to the final site.
FINAL SCORE
Indiana Tech (14-4-5) defeats No. 15 Keiser (Fla.) (12-4-6), 2-1 | Box Score
· Indiana Tech advances to face the winner of Columbia (Mo.) and No. 7 Oklahoma Wesleyan on Thursday at 4:00 p.m. CST
· Keiser has been eliminated from championship play
GAME NOTES/HIGHLIGHTS
· The tight affair had seen the teams play deadlocked for the first 35 minutes of the contest, with the same number of shots for each side (6)
· An errant slide tackle in the box by the Warriors resulted in an awarded penalty kick by Keiser's Mikael Baisotti, who put the Seahawks up 1-0 on his 13th goal of the season
· Heading into the intermission, Indiana Tech held a 8-6 edge in total shots taken and 3-2 in shots on goal; neither team had been called offside or been awarded a corner kick
· Methodically connecting passes together, Indiana Tech got the equalizing in the 58th minute; Felix Jung set the table and Douglas Appiah Kubi sunk his fourth of the year
· With the score knotted 1-1, the teams dug in and it seemed as if overtime was in the cards, but Warren Moss had ideas of his own
· An incredible individual effort by Moss saw him dribble from the left wing and blast the game winner into the far post with just over three minutes left
· Indiana Tech outshot the opposition 19-11 forcing Keiser to lead 8-3 in saves
· Only a total of three corner kicks were taken by the two clubs, but the physical nature of the contest was evident by 28 combined foul calls
· Santiago Nebot (L, 12-4-6) stopped eight of 10 shots that came his way while David Martinez (W, 7-3-3) got his gloves on three
· Appiah Kubi tallied a game high five shots with four on target; Luke Jones fired off four for the Warriors as six total players attempted multiple shots in the contest
· In the loss, Fami Konate released the most shot attempts at three followed by a pair from Noah Southwell from his defensive position