Bishop soccer falls to Emory in season-ending shootout, 3-2

Atlanta, GA - In a thrilling NCAA Tournament Second Round match, the 4th-ranked Eagles of Emory University advanced to the round of 16 after downing North Carolina Wesleyan in a shootout, 3-2. The two teams fought to a 1-1 double-overtime tie before the Eagles' Jordan Edelman gave Emory the right to move on in the tournament with a successful penalty kick past the out-stretched hands of NCWC's Alberto Faisca. The Bishops end their season with a 16-3-2 overall record.

The Eagles struck first in the match, as Joey Howie notched his fourth goal of the season in the 11th minute. Emory would carry the 1-0 advantage into halftime, in addition to a 6-3 advantage in shots.

In the second period, Wesleyan did not take to long to even the score. At the 49:17 mark, freshman Owen White collected a deflected shot in the box and was able to convert his 12th goal of the season. The initial shot was taken by Danny Persson and resulted in a team save for the Eagles.

The game would remain tied at 1-1 throughout the rest of regulation and two overtime periods. Emory managed the only two shots in the overtime frames, one in each period. The Eagles finished the match with a 15-9 advantage in shots, despite both teams ending with five shots on goal.

In the shootout, Emory goalkeeper Jonathan Laycock got the Eagles off to a strong start, diving to his left to make saves on the Bishops’ first two shots, taken by Benjamin Schmedes and Arkadiusz Trochowski. After Emory senior Marc Del Marmol missed his first shot wide left, the Eagles’ Patrick Carver gave Emory an advantage, converting on a shot to the left of Faisca.

Wesleyan’s Oliver Madejski would even the count with a shot to the high left that sent Laycock to the right on the Bishops’ third kick. The shootout would remain tied at 1-1 after Andre Jakubowski’s kick up the middle was fielded cleanly by Faisca.

Both teams would convert on their fourth kicks, as the Bishops’ Nicolai Laudrup scored on a shot to the right, while the Eagles’ Joey Howie evened the score with a shot to the left.

Ousman Sarr took the final kick for the Bishops, hitting the crossbar with his shot. With the game at his feet, Edelman took a perfect shot to the upper left corner of the goal just past the outstretched hands of Faisca to write Emory’s ticket to the next round. 

With the tie, Emory’s record moved to 16-1-1 on the season. The Eagles will face Christopher Newport in the round of 16.

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