We travelled to Nashville, TN and then on to Sewanee on Thursday, staying just south of the mountain in Kimball. The boys were excited to get away and were looking forwar to what would be two tough road trips. It is hard to win on the road in this conference.
We got a light session in on Friday morning on Sewanee's campus and took the team to an overlook just up from the soccer field. Always a good photo opportunity.
The game would take place at 7pm on Friday evening with a what was a great family weekend crowd. We love that type of atmosphere. The game would begin in a hurry and both teams would try and settle the play to their advantage. I felt that we did a good job initially of this this and had some opportunities early to get the early goal. It would be Sewanee however that would get on the board first off a rebound from a free kick that Grant Gossellin(Pheonix, AZ) nearly got a tip on. However, again, we would concede the first goal and have to play out of the hole. Junior Chris Melton(Sherman, TX) would get us level with a free kick of his own that he sent over the wall and into the top left corner. A great strike that would get us back in the game.
The second half began as the first did with both teams creating opportunities. AC started to control the match midway through the half with Senior Jason Campbell(Kingston, Jamaica) doing a great job of creating from his forward position. He would draw a second yellow on a Sewanee defender and AC would be able to play a man up the remainder of the game. It would be Sewanee however that would take advantage of this and would actually captilize with just under 10 minutes to play.
AC would regroup and again begin to press, with Melton again getting the tying goal off a feed from Senior Conrad Osborn(St. Louis, MO) to get the game to 2-2. Both teams pressed well in the extra times with Gosselin having to make a big save and AC hitting the crossbar. However it would end with a draw.
While we certainly wanted and expected the 3 points on the road, we would settle with a point in what is a tough place to play. Still undefeated after 3 games of conference play.
Now would would have to move on to Atlanta and face a tough Oglethorpe team at their place. Another tough task
