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Ottawa allows two goals in final three minutes in 3-3 tie with Roanoke-Benson/Eureka · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Ottawa allows two goals in final three minutes in 3-3
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  Speaker 1: tie with Roanoke Benson slash Eureka. Written by Brian Hoxie.
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  Speaker 1: This article is being read by an automated voice, brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlit. The Ottawa boys' soccer team looked
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  Speaker 1: to be in great position on Tuesday afternoon to win
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  Speaker 1: for the second time in as many days, holding a
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  Speaker 1: three-goal lead over visiting Roanoke Benson slash Eureka on the
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  Speaker 1: Kingfield pitch. However, the Rockets, in their season opener, cut
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  Speaker 1: the deficit to two with 29 minutes left, then scored
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  Speaker 1: twice 28 seconds apart in the final three minutes to
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  Speaker 1: forge a 3-3 tie with the Pirates. We let Roanoke
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  Speaker 1: Benson slash Eureka dictate play, and the ball was in
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  Speaker 1: our defensive end for most of those final 30 minutes.
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  Speaker 1: Ottawa coach Greg Hughes said his team now 1-0-1. After
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  Speaker 1: going up three goals, we got complacent, They were able
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  Speaker 1: to cut it to two, then all of a sudden
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  Speaker 1: they've tied the game in 30 seconds with just a
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  Speaker 1: couple minutes to go. We had some problems today, but
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  Speaker 1: they are all fixable ones. This feels like a loss,
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  Speaker 1: and the players are angry, which they should be. I
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  Speaker 1: expect there will be another match this season where we
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  Speaker 1: have a three-goal lead with a good chunk of the
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  Speaker 1: clock still left, and hopefully we'll look back at today
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  Speaker 1: and use the lesson learned. Ottawa grabbed the lead in
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  Speaker 1: the 19th minute as Alexio Fernandez said, drilled a penalty
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  Speaker 1: kick after Killian Bickett was fouled in the box. Killian
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  Speaker 1: made a great run to force them to take away
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  Speaker 1: a scoring opportunity, and Alexio did a great job of
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  Speaker 1: capitalizing on the penalty kick to put us ahead, Hughes said.
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  Speaker 1: The Pirates made it 2-0 with 41 seconds to go
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  Speaker 1: before halftime as defender Maddox Matthews pushed up on an attack,
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  Speaker 1: captured a pass from Griffin Skinner, and sent a 25-yard
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  Speaker 1: shot into the net. Ottawa then made it 3-0 just
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  Speaker 1: 73 seconds into the second half on freshman Joey Tipple's
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  Speaker 1: rocket shot from 35 yards out into the top right
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  Speaker 1: corner of the cage off a pass from Fernandez. While
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  Speaker 1: we are excited to see Tipple do things like that,
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  Speaker 1: we aren't surprised, Hughes said. He may be a freshman,
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  Speaker 1: a young player, but he's a very skilled player who
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  Speaker 1: we expect to just get better and better as we
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  Speaker 1: progress through the season. Roanoke Benson slash Eureka closed the
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  Speaker 1: gap to 3-1 in the 71st minute on a rebound
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  Speaker 1: goal from Zach Ludman. Our guys really stuck with it
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  Speaker 1: and never gave up, RBDS coach Dennis Kennel said. The
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  Speaker 1: guys really stuck with it and never gave up. I
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  Speaker 1: was curious to see how we would respond when we
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  Speaker 1: went down three goals right at the start of the
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  Speaker 1: second half. They showed there is no quit in them.
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  Speaker 1: We had a couple of letdowns that put it that situation,
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  Speaker 1: so the after the match message was, We have to
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  Speaker 1: play hard and smart for all 80 minutes. Then after
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  Speaker 1: Rockets scored to make it a one-goal contest with two minutes,
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  Speaker 1: 46 seconds remaining, Ludman scored on a 20-yard shot that
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  Speaker 1: deflected off an Ottawa defender to tie the match. We
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  Speaker 1: must have hit the post or crossbar four or five
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  Speaker 1: times after getting our first goal and also had a
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  Speaker 1: couple of really good chances go just over or just wide,
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  Speaker 1: which was frustrating, but the guys kept pushing forward and
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  Speaker 1: fought all the way to even Kennel said, it's not
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  Speaker 1: a win, but we showed we can be a pretty
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  Speaker 1: good team when we play like we can play. Ottawa
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  Speaker 1: keeper Landry Brenbarger made 10 saves, while his counterpart Chase
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  Speaker 1: Robertson stopped 5 shots. Roanoke Benson slash Eureka held a
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  Speaker 1: 20-12 advantage in total shots, including 13-8 in on goal,
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  Speaker 1: and had 7 corner kicks to Ottawa's 4. Ottawa is
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  Speaker 1: scheduled back in action on Saturday at the Streeter Invitational.