Bobcats Hold on for Tie with #6 CNU

Saturday night was a true test to see if our team could compete against the nations elite.  I thought we proved we were good enough, but we still have some improving to do if we are going to win a game like that rather than just hold on for the tie.

Mitchell Muise

Just like last years game; our defense played well, the boys worked extremely hard, but Christopher Newport was the better team and we were fortunate to hold on for the 0-0 draw. We played more evenly with them for the first half and parts of the second, but towards the end of the game it seemed like their depth of talent began to wear us down.
We never quite got anything going in the attacking third and struggled to produce scoring opportunities.

With about 8 minutes left in regulation, Serigne Gueye picked up his second yellow which would force us to play down a man for the remainder of the match including both overtime periods.

Hassan Mostafa was strong in goal and kept us in the game along with a strong performance by defenders Erik Casterline, Mitchell Muise, and Chris Herbert.

With most of the calls seeming to go against us we were fortunate to catch a break as a CNU shot at the end of the first overtime went in off of a deflection, but was disallowed when it was ruled that the ball did not cross the goal line before the horn went off.

Despite having limited opportunities to score we did have one of the best chances of the afternoon when Mitchell Muise found Nabayee Tesfu with a nice diagonal ball. Tesfu was in on the keeper, but had a bit if a heavy touch and was unable to find the back of the net.

Our road trip continues on Tuesday when we head to York.