Men’s Soccer Ties BU, 1-1, on Senior Day

Saturday, October 31

West Point, N.Y.

4 PM ET

Army West Point

4-6-5, 2-2-3

Boston University

11-4-2, 5-1-2

OT 1

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Boston University

Army West Point

Men’s Soccer Ties BU, 1-1, on Senior Day

October 31, 2015 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's soccer team battled to a 1-1 draw against Patriot League-leading Boston University on Saturday afternoon's Senior Day at Clinton Field.

Army moves to 4-6-5 overall and 2-2-3 in the Patriot League to reach nine points on the year. At the time of the final whistle, the Black Knights stand alone in the sixth and final Patriot League Tournament spot with two matches remaining. Bucknell and Holy Cross both have eight points, but have yet to play this weekend. Boston University, which is receiving votes in the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) national poll, moves to 11-4-2 and 5-1-2 after the draw. The Terriers entered the day at the top of the league standings, but dropped to second after its tie and a win by Colgate. Colgate leads the conference with 18 points, while the Terriers are second with 17.

Senior Cody Guerry scored his team-leading fifth goal of the season for Army, while classmate Tommy Jaeger and sophomore Okheem Riley provided assists. Senior goalkeeper Chris Britt stopped a career-best 10 shots in net.

"Every point is extremely valuable at this time of the season," said head coach Russell Payne. "Tommy did a fantastic job. They put some very strong players on his side of the field and I thought he did a great job defensively, and he helped us offensively as well. I'm proud of Cody, he continues to find a way to be goal dangerous for us."

Boston University received a goal from Felix De Bona, with Danny Foen picking up the assist. Keeper Matt Gilbert finished with three saves for the Terriers.

Britt came up with a pair of saves early in the game for Army, with stops on shots by De Bona and David Amirani in the fourth and fifth minutes, respectively.

Boston University, which created a number of early chances in the contest, broke through in the 26th minute with a header goal from De Bona to take a 1-0 lead.

Army Junior Nick Williams sent a shot high of the Boston University goal in the 43rd minute as the visitors continued to lead by a goal heading into the halftime break.

The Black Knights controlled possession in their attacking third to begin the second half, which resulted in a shot from Guerry that was blocked by a Terrier defender in the 53rd minute. Boston University registered a shot of its own in the 57th minute when Mark Wadid drove a strike on net that Britt denied to keep Army's deficit at one.

Army used a quick transition to find the equalizer early in the 58th minute, just 20 seconds after Britt's saved on Wadid's attempt. Jaeger dribbled the ball up to midfield for the hosts and sent a pass in to Riley, who crossed the ball from the left side of the 18-yard box to a wide open Guerry before the senior beat Gilbert to knot the match at 1-1.

Both goalkeepers made saves to keep the score level over the next several minutes, as Gilbert saved a shot off of a free kick from Army junior Tanner Vosvick in the 60th minute before Britt stopped a chance by Anthony Viteri in the 63rd minute.

The Black Knights front line generated a pair of chances 42 seconds apart in the 67th and 68th minutes, respectively, with Riley sending a shot in that was blocked by a defender before reaching the net and Williams putting his strike wide of the goal.

Army senior Cameron Niccum nearly put his team in front with a header off of a corner kick from sophomore Marcos Arroyo, but his attempt at the right post was saved by Gilbert to keep the game at 1-1.

Britt came up with a save on a hard shot by Boston University's David Asbjornsson following a set piece by the Terriers with 47 seconds remaining before the game extended into overtime.

Guerry and Williams had shots blocked for the Black Knights in the 95th and 97th minutes of the first overtime period, respectively, while Britt made stops in the 98th and 100th minutes, with the final save coming with 21 ticks left in the period.

Both goalkeepers made saves on the only shot on target they faced in the second overtime to send the game to the eventual 1-1 draw.

Army heads to Chester, Pa., on Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. to face Navy in Army-Navy Cup IV at PPL Park before finishing out the regular season at Bucknell on Nov. 7.

MATCH NOTES: Saturday's result marked the first tie in the all-time series between Army and Boston University, as the series record moves to 5-2-1, in favor of the Terriers … Guerry scored to increase his point streak to three games after assisting in each of the last two … Guerry leads Army with four goals, three assist and 11 points this season … Riley earned the first start of his career and tallied an assist to extend his point streak to two games … Army honored Britt, Guerry, Jaeger, Niccum, Tony Black and Alex Clark in a Senior Day ceremony prior to kickoff … the Black Knights move to 2-0-3 on Senior Day over the last five years.