Tied 1-1 after 110 minutes, ‘Dogs win 4-3 on penalties
A week ago, it was questionable what the Bulldogs’ soccer team’s path would be to get into the GLVC tournament. Now they’re on to the conference semifinal following a 1-1 victory at second-seeded Maryville University on Sunday. Truman will face University of Missouri – St. Louis at neutral-site Springfield on Friday at 7 p.m. for the right to get to the GLVC championship.
The upset marks the first time the Bulldogs have advanced out of the first round since Truman became a full-time member of one of the stronger conferences for Division II soccer in 2013.
“It’s a hard fought game to knock out the no. 2 seed in double overtime penalty kicks,” senior midfielder Zach Painter put simply.
In a chippy match that saw the Bulldogs receive three yellow cards and one for Maryville, Truman was also out-shot 20 attempts to nine. Both goals came at the very beginning of the match, with Truman taking a goal advantage in the seventh minute from Roman Scagnamillo for the third goal of his freshman season. The Bulldogs gave the advantage away to Maryville in the 17th minute.
From that point onward, it was a grind. All three of the ‘Dogs bookings came in the second half. Truman was 4-for-4 on penalty attempts, while Maryville missed two of its five shots.
The Bulldogs stand at 7-6-4 overall ahead of Friday’s match. Maryville was 11-3-4 before the loss.
“As a senior, being able to make history with the first ever GLVC tournament win, that feels great,” Jack Johnson said, a midfielder from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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