NEWARK, Del. – Powered by two saves from graduate student Sean Green (Asheville, N.C./Lees-McRae College), the Mercy University Men's Soccer Team earned a 0-0 draw at Wilmington University on Wednesday afternoon at the WU Athletics Complex.
The Mavericks (5-2-2) earn their second draw of the season, while the Wildcats (2-3-3) earn their second straight draw.
Green made both of his saves in the 3rd and 5th minutes to keep the game scoreless. The Wildcats were forced to play down a man after their goalkeeper received a red card in the 44th minute after a dangerous tackle outside the box. The teams headed into halftime scoreless.
Junior Nicholas Tellez (Port Chester, N.Y./Herkimer County CC) and senior Mario de Roque Zazón (Zaragoza, Spain/Newman University) forced Wilmington goalie Eduardo Almansa to make saves in the 59th and 60th minutes and senior John Hollis (Bradford, England/West Virginia Wesleyan College) made Almansa make a save in the 62nd minute, keeping the game scoreless.
Senior Jacob Darwesh Lund-Iversen (Oslo, Norway/Maryville University/Pima CC) recorded a shot on goal in the 88th minute that was stopped by Almansa and a freshman Marvin Spets (Oslo, Norway/Blindern Videregaaende Skole) shot in the final seconds after a Mercy corner kick was stopped by Almansa to keep the game scoreless at the end of regulation.
Mercy was led by Green who recorded two saves to pick up his first shutout of the season. De Roque Zazón and Lund-Iversen both had a team-high three shots.
Wilmington was led by Nick Kormann and Eduardo Almansa combined for five saves to post a shutout.
Mercy held a 12-9 edge in shots, a 5-2 edge in shots on goal and a 6-3 edge in corner kicks.
Head Coach Pedro Velazquez and the Mavericks resume action on Saturday, September 26th when they play at Daemen at 1:30 p.m.
