Dragons Fight Wildcats To Tie

Scott Hase didn’t want a tie – “They’re good. We were playing for the win.” – but he did score two goals.

    Deep Run and Maggie Walker Govenor�??s School played a game of tennis in a boys soccer match Tuesday night.

The Green Dragons scored. Then the Wildcats scored.

Maggie Walker called. Then Deep Run answered.

But
unlike tennis, even overtime couldn�??t break the knot, as the Wildcats,
ranked eighth in the latest DigitalSports Top 10, and the No. 10 Green
Dragons battled to a 3-3 tie in a nondistrict affair.

�??Every time that we play them they seem to have our number,�?� Deep Run coach Steve Chapman said. �??They�??re just strong; a very hard-working team.�?�

Added MWGS coach Dan Park:
�??They�??ve never beaten us. We match up well. We�??ve got a strong spine up
and down the field. Their strength is their speed on the outside. It�??s
a good matchup. �?�

No one matched up with Jesse DeAlto, as Ese Shaw found the junior open as he sliced a shot past DR goalkeeper Cameron Murray for a 1-0 advantage. It didn�??t take Deep Run long to respond – about 30 seconds to be accurate �?? as Brian Ownby scored the first of his two goals on the day off a feed from Stas Novitsky.

Maggie Walker shot right back on a goal by Scott Hase, his first of two as Nathan Lautzenheiser set him up beautifully on a slight breakaway.

�??They put me out there to do that,�?� Hase said. �??Either score or set up a goal.�?�

That�??s Ownby�??s role, too, and the junior delivered again on a penalty kick right before halftime to knot the score at 2.

�??Brian�??s a very talented player,�?� Chapman said. �??He brings a lot of skill to the game.�?�

MWGS goalie Nick Eilerson
kept Deep Run from taking the lead early in the second half with a few
delightful saves of his 14 for the game, including one diving stop that
took a sure goal away from Kemp Edwards. But minutes later, Eilerson couldn�??t stop Bobby McDonnell from finding the net off a nifty cross from freshman Jake Summers for a 3-2 advantage.

The lead didn�??t last long as Hase scored off Trent O’Connor‘s quick throw-in for the final score. Neither team had decent chances to score in OT.

�??It�??s a little disappointing,�?� Chapman said, �??but it�??s a nondistrict game at least.�?�

Deep Run                            2  1  0  0 �?? 3

Maggie Walker GS          2  1  0  0 �?? 3

DR: Brian Ownby 2, Bobby McDonnell

MWGS: Scott Hase 2, Jesse DeAlto

Saves: Cameron Murray (DR) 6; Nick Eilerson (MWGS) 14

Records: Deep Run (3-2-1); Maggie Walker GS (4-2-2)