Raiders fall on golden goal Saturday night at UIC

Saturday, October 12

Chicago, IL

8:00 PM

Wright State University

5-5-1, 1-3-0

UIC

9-3-0, 3-1-0

Wright St.

UIC

Photo by: Joseph Craven

10/12/2019 10:40:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

The Wright State men's soccer team saw Ids Hannema tally a pair of goals just before halftime to give the Raiders the lead on Saturday night, but host UIC scored with moments left in regulation and followed with a golden goal in overtime to hand the Raiders a 3-2 Horizon League loss on the road.

With the loss, Wright State drops to 5-5-1 overall and 1-3-0 in Horizon League action, while UIC improves to 9-3-0 overall and 3-1-0 in league play.

Trailing after an early seventh minute goal from UIC's Bar Hazut, Hannema connected on back-to-back goals spanning 3:10 to tie the game and then give the Raiders the lead moments before the intermission. Deri Corfe set Hannema up on the game-tying strike in the 42^nd minute before Zion Beaton assisted on his second goal in the 45^th minute as Wright State carried the advantage into the locker room.

The game remained a 2-1 Raider advantage until the waning moments, when the Flames' Andres Moreno tied the game at 2-all with 23 seconds remaining to send the match into extra time. Eight minutes into overtime, Bukola Abdulwahab found the back of the net to give the hosts the comeback win.

Wright State now has a week off before returning home to Alumni Field to host Detroit Mercy next Saturday, October 19.

BY THE NUMBERS

The Flames outshot the Raiders by a 24-11 margin, including tallying 15 second half shot attempts as they fought back to tie the match in the closing moments.
The Raiders finished with five of their 11 shots going on goal compared to UIC's eight shots on goal.
UIC recorded nine corner kick opportunities to Wright State's one attempt.
Corfe finished with a team-high five shots for Wright State, with Hannema and Beaton each collecting two shots. Abdulwahab and Jesus Perez both tallied five shots for UIC.
Raider goalkeeper Joel Sundell recorded five saves, while UIC's Sokratis Vasilas notched three saves.