OMAHA, Neb. – Zac Marquess scored the tying goal with less than 12 minutes remaining in regulation as Omaha played to a 2-2 draw with Penn on Sunday afternoon.
The draw moved the Mavericks to 2-1-3 on the year, while the Quakers went to 0-1-3 overall.
Trailing 2-1 entering the 79th minute, Marquess tied the game when he headed home a corner kick from
Mark Moulton that got by goalkeeper Etan Mabourakh.
The Quakers went ahead in the 43rd minute when Matt Poplawski converted a penalty kick.
The Mavericks leveled the game early in the second half.
Fazlo Alihodzic curled a free kick around the Penn wall and beat Mabourakh at 53:18.
Penn regained the lead a little more than eight minutes later.
Joseph Ghitis blocked Alec Neumann's close range shot, but the rebound found its way to the foot of Sam Wancowicz. Wancowicz gathered the shot and fired it into the back of the net for the 2-1 lead.
In the second overtime period, the Mavericks had three-straight shots blocked by the Quakers' defense, ending the match in a 2-2 tie.
Omaha outshot Penn, 20-8 and had eight shots on goal compared to the Quakers' five.
Emmanuel Hamzat had four shots with one on goal. Alihodzic had three shots with two on goal and Moulton had three shots with one on goal. In net, Ghitis made three saves in the 110-minute match.
The Mavericks return to action next weekend when they visit Cal on Friday, Sept. 16 and Stanford on Sunday, Sept. 18.
Scoring Summary
Penn 1 1 0 0 - 2
Omaha 0 2 0 0 - 2
Individual Scoring
Matt Poplawski (Penn) at 42:04 (penalty kick)
Fazlo Alihodzic (Omaha) at 53:18 (unassisted)
Sam Wancowicz (Penn) at 61:39 (unassisted)
Zac Marquess (Omaha) at 78:32 (
Mark Moulton)
Goalkeeper Saves
Etan Mabourakh (Penn) -5
Joseph Ghitis (Omaha) – 3
Maverick Notes
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Fazlo Alihodzic had now scored a goal in four-straight games.
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Zac Marquess scored his first collegiate goal.
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Mark Moulton tied Vance Rookwood's career-record of 45 points with his assist to Marquess on Sunday.
• Omaha tied a program record with three ties in a season.
