Lawrence, North Central battle to tie

The Lawrence University men’s soccer team battled to a 1-1 overtime tie with North Central College in a nonconference match on Saturday.

Lawrence (5-2-1) trailed 1-0 after Michael Lenzi’s goal in the 52nd minute, but the Vikings got the equalizer in the 68th minute. Cameron Pieper played a ball across the field to Jared Padway, who found Bennett Pang in the box. Pang then beat North Central goalkeeper Mike McEvoy to tie the match at 1-1.

The Cardinals (4-3-2) played a man down for the final 18-plus minutes of regulation and the 20 minutes of overtime after Jake Muszczynski received his second yellow card. Lawrence had several quality scoring chances, including one in the second overtime but could not convert.

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