Wingate, N.C.-----The Wingate University Bulldogs and Mars Hill University Lions played to a 0-0 draw in South Atlantic Conference men's soccer action Wednesday night at Pride Park. The Bulldogs end their season with a 6-7-2 record overall and 4-5-2 in the SAC, while the Lions move to 9-5-3 overall and 5-4-2 in league play.
KEY STATS
- Mars Hill held a slight advantage in shots 20-16
- Each team put six shots on goal
- The Lions took nine corner kicks, while Wingate took three
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Jens Bergendorff recorded six saves in the shutout
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Soren Nygaard had a game-high three shots on goal
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Pedro Santos added a pair of shots on frame
NOTES
- The Bulldogs move to 11-11-3 all-time versus MHU
- WU is 6-3-2 when taking on the Lions at Pride Park
- Nygaard ends the year as the team's leading goal scorer with six, and a team-high 13 points
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Mikkel Fahlen Bruun and
Reise Corpuz led the 'Dogs with two assists apiece
- Nygaard,
Owen Marshall and
Niclas Wittur logged over 1,000 minutes for Wingate this season
- The Bulldogs were two-time defending SAC Champions, having won three of the last four conference tournaments
FIRST HALF
- Mars Hill out-shot Wingate 11-8
- The two keepers combined for five saves in the first 45 minutes
SECOND HALF
- Each team attempted six shots as the game intensified
- Each team committed nine fouls
- Nygaard had a near opportunity in the 59th minute, but didn't strike the ball squarely
- A Wingate turnover deep in their defensive third left Bergendorff off his line, but the sophomore keeper skied for a game-altering save against Mars Hill's Sebastian Bertilsson
- Each team attempted a pair of shots in the final eight minutes, but none found the back of the net
FIRST OVERTIME
- Wingate took the lone shot of the first overtime
SECOND OVERTIME
- Mars Hill took three shots to Wingate's one
- Every shot in the second overtime was on goal
- Lion goalkeeper Brennan Whalen skied a free kick that reached the goal, but Bergendorff leaped for the save
- Bergendorff's best save of the night likely came from a strike from MHU's Kevonte Willoughby in the 106th minute
