Dechert's Save Sends Tigers Past Warhawks
2021 GSC MEN'S SOCCER SPRING CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES HOMEPAGE
BY THE NUMBERS
|
1st |
2nd |
OT |
2OT |
Final |
| No. 4A West Alabama |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| No. 1B Auburn Montgomery |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
*West Alabama wins penalty shootout 10-9*
MATCH LEADERS
|
UWA |
AUM |
| Goals |
Walker | 1
Courchinoux | 1 |
Batistela | 1
Spickenbaum | 1 |
| Assists |
None |
Spickenbaum | 1
Besse | 1 |
| Shots |
McLeod | 2 |
Spickenbaum | 2 |
| Saves |
Dechert | 1 |
None |
NOTABLE
- The match was tied 1-1 at the halftime break. Jared Walker put the Tigers ahead in the 30th minute, but Lucas Batistela tied the match just three minutes later.
- Phillip Spickenbaum scored the go-ahead goal in the 87th minute for the Warhawks. Amazingly, the Tigers answered just seven seconds later after pouncing on a Warhawk defensive error.
- Both teams put on a clinic in the penalty kick shootout, with each of the first 19 attempts taken successfully.
- However, Jules Dechert made the biggest stop of the Tigers' season so far. He saved Natan Hjaltalin's penalty kick to give the Tigers the win.
UP NEXT
West Alabama will face the winner of the Lee-Union match in the semifinals next weekend. The date, venue, and game time are still to be determined.