The Basics
Final Score: Detroit Mercy 3, Saint Mary's 3 (2OT)
Records: Detroit Mercy 2-0-1, Saint Mary's 1-0-2
Location: Moraga, Calif. (Saint Mary's Stadium)

MORAGA, Calif. (9/2/2017) -- Rallying numerous times as a team on Saturday night, the University of Detroit Mercy men's soccer team earned a 3-3 road tie at Saint Mary's in the first contest away from Detroit of the 2017 season.

The Titans (2-0-1), playing most of the second half down a man on the field, trailed 3-2 after a Saint Mary's goal in the 74th minute. Detroit Mercy earned a corner kick in the closing seconds of the game and received a PK after Dalton Amez (Macomb, Mich. / Chippewa Valley) was fouled in the box. Senior Tyler Moorman (Caledonia, Mich. / East Kentwood) capitalized on the kick, converting with three seconds left on the clock to knot the game 3-3 and send it into overtime.

Detroit Mercy fended off several Saint Mary's chances in overtime and fought through two extra sessions to earn the road draw in 110 minutes. The Titans played 50 minutes down a man, scoring during that time and getting contributions from everyone who stepped onto the field.

"I'm not sure I've ever been more proud of a squad," Head coach Nicholas Deren '99 said. "Everyone contributed. That's a great team in Saint Mary's and I'm very pleased to come away with a point and get three goals."

Senior goalkeeper Robbie Beckwell (Shelby Township, Mich. / Henry Ford II) was huge throughout the entire game and especially in the two, 10-minute extra sessions and finished the game with a total of nine saves, the second-highest total of his Titan career. Beckwell faced 29 shots in total, including 12 of them on net.

Detroit Mercy got first-half goals from seniors Adam Clauss (Grand Haven, Mich. / Spring Lake) and Spiro Pliakos (Rochester Hills, Mich. / Rochester). Clauss scored off a free kick to tie the game, 1-1, after Saint Mary's scored an early goal. After the Gaels went up 2-1, Pliakos was on the receiving end of a Moorman cross in the box and converted top shelf for his third goal of the 2017 season.

The Titans are unbeaten after three matches for the first time since the 2013 campaign, when Detroit Mercy began the season with three-straight draws.

The red, white and blue were out-shot 29-9, but scored on three of its four shots on goal. Pliakos led the team with four shots, while Moorman finished with two shots in the match. The Titans had three corner kicks, while the Gaels earned seven corners in the contest.

First Half
• Both teams found the back of the net early, with Saint Mary's striking first in the sixth minute.
• Detroit Mercy followed in the 10th minute with Clauss scoring his first of the season on a free kick to knot the game, 1-1.
• The Gaels would follow just minutes later with their second in the first half.
• Beckwell made a pair of saves following the goal to preserve a one-goal game.
• Moorman used some nifty footwork along the end line to get into the box and sent a cross to Pliakos, who finished top shelf from the right side.
• Pliakos' goal tied the game 2-2 in the 28th minute.
• It was four goals in the first 30 minutes, but neither team would add another before the break.

Second Half
• In the 61st minute, Clauss was issued his second yellow card, which turned into a red card and meant the Titans played the rest of the match down one player.
• The Titans went to work on defense down one man, with Beckwell turning away a shot in the 68th minute after Saint Mary's had hit the post just minutes earlier.
• Saint Mary's would poke one in in the 74th minute to pull in front, 3-2.
• Pliakos put a shot wide in the 84th minute and the Gaels had several other shot attempts late in the game.
• Detroit Mercy earned a corner kick with just 15 seconds left and Amez was fouled in the box, giving the Titans a PK with just three seconds left.
• Moorman sent his PK to the left side of the goal for the game-tying goal with just three seconds left.

Overtime
• Saint Mary's continued its pressure in OT, with Beckwell making two saves in the first extra session.
• The Gaels had five more shots in the second overtime, but just one on net.
• Beckwell secured his third overtime save with just 18 seconds left to help preserve the road draw, down a man.
 

FINAL -- Detroit Mercy 3, Saint Mary's 3 (2OT). The Titans (2-0-1) rally down a man, score in the final seconds of regulation in road draw! pic.twitter.com/9H78gFg7tx

— Detroit Mercy MSOC (@UDMSoccer) September 3, 2017

Titan News & Notes
• Moorman scored his second penalty kick goal in as many seasons.
• Pliakos is just one goal shy of his single-season career high of four goals, set during his freshman and junior seasons (2014, 2016).
• Beckwell was one off his single-game, career-high in saves of 10, set last season at Western Michigan.
• Pliakos moved into 19th place all-time in Titan men's soccer history in career points (44).
• Redshirt-freshman Collin Cavanaugh (Saline, Mich.) made his first collegiate appearance for the Titans.
• The three goals scored were the most by the Titans since 2015, when Detroit Mercy won 3-2 in double OT at Wright State.
• It was the most goals tallied in regulation since 2014, when the Titans earned a 3-0 victory over Cleveland State at home.
• The trip to California was the first for the program since 2012.