Bethany, Okla. -- The Mid-America Christian Evangels and Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm settled for a 2-2, double-overtime tie in the Evangels' regular season finale Friday night (Oct. 28) in Bethany, Okla.
The two squads alternated goals throughout, with the Crimson Storm taking the lead on two occasions and the Evangels answering each time to square the match.
Edgar Pineda scored the first goal in the 19th minute of the first half for a 1-0 SNU lead.
Willy Deleon tied the score by putting in a bycycle kick from 20 yards away six minutes later.
In the 36th minute, Javier Caballeros put the Crimson Storm (5-10-1, 4-4-1 SAC) back on top by scoring off a pass from Josh Thomas.
But the Evangels again had the equalizer as Deleon found
Javier Hernandez for a goal from 20 yards out at the 60:18 mark.
That would be the last goal of the match despite SNU out-shooting the Evangels 10-4 in the two overtime periods. The Crimson Storm held a 43-29 edge in shots overall but the shots-on-goal were even at 16.
Deleon paced the Evangels (2-11-2, 0-8-2 SAC) with eight shots, while Pineda had a match-high 14 shot attempts for the Crimson Storm.
Both goalkeepers were busy, with
Cody English stopping 14 shots for MACU and Tyler Wythe recording 13 saves for SNU.
The Evangels will now await their opponent in the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Central Regional Tournament.