The Basics
Final Score: Detroit Mercy 2, IUPUI 1 (OT)
Records: Detroit Mercy 6-4-2 (3-2 HL), IUPUI 0-10 (0-5 HL)
Location: Detroit, Mich. (Titan Field)
DETROIT (10/7/2017) -- Using a golden goal by sophomore
Max Becker in the 97th minute on Saturday, the University of Detroit Mercy men's soccer team earned a 2-1 victory over visiting Horizon League foe IUPUI from Titan Field.
Becker caught the Jaguars and nearly everyone off guard, scoring the game-winner on a quick restart off a free kick from just outside the box after sophomore
Jake Reitzloff was taken down in the 97th minute. His first collegiate goal found the left side of the net and the celebration ensued.
Detroit Mercy (6-4-2 overall) improved to 3-2 in Horizon League play and 5-0 this season from Titan Field. The Titans are 5-0 at home for the first time since 2003.
The Titans got on the scoreboard first when senior
Tyler Moorman headed home his eighth goal of the season off a corner kick strike from classmate
Adam Clauss. Moorman's goal came late in the first half in the 37th and put Detroit Mercy up 1-0.
IUPUI (0-10, 0-5 HL) would answer early in the second half from the same part of the field. The Jaguars used a cross from the corner that was headed in during the 49th minute to knot the game up 1-1. The goal ended Detroit Mercy's home shutout streak of 376 minutes and was just the second allowed at home all season.
The red, white and blue had numerous chances during the remainder of regulation and in the overtime session before Becker's golden goal. Senior
Spencer Steinwascher boomed a kick just wide left in the 54th minute of play. Graduate transfer
Dalton Amez knocked a ball off the post in the 63rd minute and in the next minute, Reitzloff beat the keeper to the ball in the box, but the IUPUI keeper got just enough of Reitzloff's shot to make the save.
Late in the match, freshman
Kyle Bandyk pushed one high of the crossbar from just outside the box.
Detroit Mercy had six shots in overtime, with Moorman hitting a crossbar before Amez's bouncing rebound attempt was saved and then grabbed. Just one minute later, Reitzloff corralled a ball and was fouled just outside of the top of the box. Becker was quick to think and caught the Jaguars off guard in scoring the game-winner.
The Titans dominated on the stat sheet during the contest, out-shooting IUPUI by a 24-6 margin. Detroit Mercy also had all nine corner kicks in the first half and finished with a 12-5 edge in corners for the game.
Moorman had a game-high five shots, while Bandyk had four shots and Reitzloff finished with three shots in the contest. Senior goalkeeper
Robbie Beckwell improved to 6-3-1 on the season, making one save in net.
Detroit Mercy had its chances early too, with senior
Tyler Hughes' shot in the box saved by a defender at the goal line in the 11th minute. Moorman had a good look in the 21st minute of the game, but his shot was turned away.
Titan News & Notes
• Detroit Mercy is 5-0 at home for the first time since 2003.
• The Titans had a season-high 24 shots and tied a season-best with 12 corner kicks.
• Moorman set a new career-high with his eighth goal of the year.
• Moorman's 18 points are the most since former teammate Adam Bedell tallied 21 in 2013.
• Becker became the third Titan to score his first collegiate goal this season.
• Becker's goal was the second golden goal of the season for the Titans.
• Clauss' three assists on the year are a new career best.
• The IUPUI goal ended the Titans' 376-minute shutout streak at home.
• Detroit Mercy has out-scored its opponents, 11-2, at home this season.
• It's the seventh multi-goal game of the season for the Titans.
• Detroit Mercy is 2-0-2 in overtime games this season.
• The Titans improved to 6-2-3 all-time against IUPUI.
Up Next
Detroit Mercy returns to the pitch next Saturday, visiting Horizon League rival Oakland for a 3:30 p.m. game from the Oakland Soccer Complex in Rochester.
