2008 Woodie Awards
Cougars working overtime
Men's soccer drop first-round game in GLVC tournament in eleventh round of penalty kicks
Tony Patrico
Issue date: 10/30/07 Section: Sports
It took 110 minutes, and eleven rounds of penalty kicks to decide a winner during what may turn out to be Ed Huneke's last home game Sunday against Indianapolis University in the first round of the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
"I thought about it during the national anthem, and then again when I was walking over to the Eastsiderz after the game," Head Coach Ed Huneke said. "But, during the game my total focus was in the moment."
At the end of regulation, SIUE and Indy were tied 0-0 with shutout defense from both the Cougars and the Greyhounds. Senior SIUE goalkeeper Greg Crook, who collected five saves, and the Indy goalkeeper, who posted six saves, stopped all shots faced.
The Cougars and Greyhounds continuously traded attacks, as the game was close to evenly possessed. As the two teams would be unable to score after the final seconds of regulation passed, one team needed to be declared the winner.
"Honestly, I thought we were going to be able to pull it off," sophomore Kevin Bielicki said. "We created a lot of chances and shots and I though that one was eventually going to go."
During the two periods of overtime, the Cougars had two promising chances to put the ball in the net. After both of the chances failed, the Cougars prepared themselves for the shoot-outs that would follow.
The two squads were at a tie at 4-4 after five rounds when kickers from both teams missed their attempts.
After seven consecutive scores by the Greyhounds, an eventual eighth consecutive score came from Indy goalkeeper Michael Crane.
"I was more nervous watching everyone else take one than when I took one myself," Bielicki said. "It's so hard to watch because it is totally out of your control."
Bielicki said he cleared his mind, focused and picked his spot before he even approached the ball.
The Cougars had a chance to tie the game when their final kicker, sophomore Tim Weir, who was the only remaining non-bench player to take the kick, hit the cross bar ending the game with Indy winning in penalty kicks 10-9.
"I thought about it during the national anthem, and then again when I was walking over to the Eastsiderz after the game," Head Coach Ed Huneke said. "But, during the game my total focus was in the moment."
At the end of regulation, SIUE and Indy were tied 0-0 with shutout defense from both the Cougars and the Greyhounds. Senior SIUE goalkeeper Greg Crook, who collected five saves, and the Indy goalkeeper, who posted six saves, stopped all shots faced.
The Cougars and Greyhounds continuously traded attacks, as the game was close to evenly possessed. As the two teams would be unable to score after the final seconds of regulation passed, one team needed to be declared the winner.
"Honestly, I thought we were going to be able to pull it off," sophomore Kevin Bielicki said. "We created a lot of chances and shots and I though that one was eventually going to go."
During the two periods of overtime, the Cougars had two promising chances to put the ball in the net. After both of the chances failed, the Cougars prepared themselves for the shoot-outs that would follow.
The two squads were at a tie at 4-4 after five rounds when kickers from both teams missed their attempts.
After seven consecutive scores by the Greyhounds, an eventual eighth consecutive score came from Indy goalkeeper Michael Crane.
"I was more nervous watching everyone else take one than when I took one myself," Bielicki said. "It's so hard to watch because it is totally out of your control."
Bielicki said he cleared his mind, focused and picked his spot before he even approached the ball.
The Cougars had a chance to tie the game when their final kicker, sophomore Tim Weir, who was the only remaining non-bench player to take the kick, hit the cross bar ending the game with Indy winning in penalty kicks 10-9.
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