HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – The Northern Kentucky men's soccer team tied Marshall, 1-1, on Monday night at NKU Soccer Stadium.
 
"This was quite a spectacle and I'm sure the fans enjoyed it more than the coaching staffs did," said head coach Stu Riddle. "We'll take a lot of positives from it, although I think we're disappointed that we didn't find that second goal, and ultimately that winning goal, having 20 shots."

NKU SCORING SUMMARY

• Norse freshman Ryan Godding scored his first career goal at the 45-minute mark. Assists came from Connor Probert and Alex Grieve.

 
BETWEEN THE POSTS

• Baj Maan faced nine shots, made three saves and allowed a one goal. He has played the entirety of the season thus far for the Norse.

 
MATCH SUMMARY

• Just seven minutes into the match, Marshall's Carlos Diaz-Salcedo received a red card for colliding with Alex Willis.
• Down a man for the rest of the match, Marshall still found opportunities in the ensuing minutes, taking three shots between the red card and a Stian Jørgensen yellow card in the 21st minute.
• Marshall scored the first goal of the night in the 38th minute; Jonas Westmeyer sent a shot to the bottom-left corner of the net.
• Seconds into the second half, Connor Probert took a shot attempt that ricocheted off of Marshall's keeper. Taking advantage of the loose ball was Ryan Godding, who pelted in a Norse goal in the upper-right portion of the net, tying the game.
• Alex Grieve was the recipient of another Norse yellow-card in the 53rd minute. Just a minute later, the Thundering Herd's Pedro Dolabello also received a yellow.
• After two shots from Alex Willis, the yellow-card frenzy continued in the 63rd minute, with this one going to Marshall's Joao Souza.
• Urgency started to set in past the 70^th minute mark as Connor Probert had three shots on goal, as well as a blocked shot.
• The first overtime period was uneventful. Neither team recorded a shot on goal, although both teams had attacking plays that made it into the penalty area.
• NKU and Marshall had close calls in the final overtime period. The Thundering Herd had a shot from Jamil Roberts go high and NKU had several opportunities via corner kick that didn't pan out.

 
NORSE NOTES

• Probert's five shots on goal is the most since Willis had four in an Oct. 13, 2018 matchup against Detroit Mercy. His ten total shots easily make him the team's shot leader after eight players registered a shot apiece in the season opener at Grand Canyon.
• This is NKU's first draw since a scoreless Oct. 14, 2017 matchup with UIC.
• For the second-consecutive season, a freshman has scored the first NKU goal of the year. Alex Willis had the first a year ago in an August 25^th game at Bowling Green.

 
UP NEXT

• The Norse begin a two-game road trip to Western New York on Friday as they take on Niagara at 7:00 p.m. Two days later, they'll head south to take on Canisius at 1:00 p.m.