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CULVER-STOCKTON WILDCAT ATHLETICS

Conner Alexander looks to clear hos own zone Wednesday night.
Conner Alexander looks to clear hos own zone Wednesday night.

Reinertsen's Late Goal Helps Wildcats Salvage Tie

Ruben Reinertsen scored with 6:15 remaining in the game to help the Culver-Stockton men's soccer team earn a 1-1 draw with Benedictine College in the home finale at Ellison Poulton Stadium Wednesday night.

Trailing 1-0 in the final 10 minutes of the match, the Wildcats put pressure on the Raven defense trying to get the equalizer.

After Benedictine cleared a C-SC attack, the Wildcats' Julian Campos collected the ball 30 yards out, made a quick, short pass to Adam Naim down the left sideline who then made a cross to the middle of the penalty area where a sliding Reinertsen re-directed it into the net for the game-tying goal.

The Wildcats had several good chances throughout the match with one coming in the first half when Parsa Asadpoor re-directed a shot that was stopped by Benedictine's goalkeeper's face and was cleared.

The second great opportunity came in the second half with C-SC still trailing when Austin Jones took a pass near the six-yard line and pushed a shot attempt just outside the right goalpost.

Both teams recorded 13 shots in the game with the Ravens putting seven of their 13 attempts on goal while C-SC had just three shots on target. C-SC goalkeeper David Gavriliak was called upon to make six saves in the game.

The Wildcats, now 5-10-2 overall and 1-8-2 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference, is set to play the season finale this Saturday, Oct. 29, against ninth-ranked Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Mo. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.