Box Score WILSON, N.C. – After 110 minutes of scoreless action, tonight's Conference Carolinas Tournament semifinal round game between Queens University of Charlotte and Barton College came down to a PK shootout. The Royals fell in the shootout 4-1 allowing the Bulldogs to advance to face Limestone College in the championship game on Sunday at 1 p.m.
The Queens men's soccer team completes its 2012 season at 7-11-1 overall with the loss.
Queens'
Kevin Anderson (Mooresville, N.C., Mooresville ) would take the final shot in the second overtime period looking to end things. Unfortunately, his shot missed wide ending the game in a 0-0 tie, and forcing the PK shootout.
Barton's Ricardo Oliveira was first up, scoring his shot and putting the Bulldogs up 1-0. Queens'
Felipe Netto (Salvador, Brazil, Colegio Modulo) would follow, but Barton keeper Vasily Yakimkim would turn his shot away keeping the Bulldogs ahead. Next up for Barton was Daniel Alkmim who netted their second goal of the shootout. Their lead was then cut in half when Queens'
Thiago Andrade (Salvador, Brazil, Colegio Modulo) placed his shot in the net making the score 2-1. However, Barton's Archer Bane would put the home team back up two at 3-1 just before Queens'
Gersi Cilingiri's (Berat, Albania, Wolfson) shot was stopped by Yakimkim. Barton's Dante De Luca then stepped up with the chance to seal the win for the Bulldogs over Queens with a score and he did just that ending the shootout at 4-1 in Barton's favor.
In regulation, the Royals outshot the Bulldogs 13-3, but Barton's Yakimkim blocked nine shots from entering the net. Six of his nine saves came in the second half, when the Royals placed all seven of their shots on goal. Netto and Andrade took a pair of shots back-to-back in the final ten minutes of play hoping to lift Queens past the Bulldogs, but their plans would be thwarted as Netto's shot hit the crossbar and Andrade's was saved.
Jeremy Chambers (Princeton, W.Va., Princeton Senior) led all players on the field with four shots this evening, while
Erick Suarez took three.
Montrell Morgan (Charlotte, N.C., East Mecklengburg) finished the night with three saves.
Barton will take on Limestone College on Sunday at 1 p.m. in Gaffney, S.C.