The Mount Ida College Men’s Soccer team hosted Great Northeast Athletic Conference leader Norwich University on a cold and overcast day on campus.

It was a tight game the entire first half and almost all of the second with the score knotted at 0-0 with some great chances for a score on both sides of the ball. Both goaltenders had their fair share of outstanding saves including two by Mustang keeper Brian Leighton (Turner, ME/Leavitt Area) on close range shots that he smothered.

Norwich finally got on the board with 2:05 left in the second off a rebound by junior Rob Harlow (West Springfield, MA/West Springfield). It was a well crossed ball that Leighton gave a good attempt at, but was unable to save it making it 1-0.

When everyone thought the game was over Senior captain Greg Hagan (Weymouth, MA/Weymouth) had other plans. Junior Brandon Chuba (Wallingford, CT/Mark T. Sheehan) served a terrific ball off a direct kick to Hagan who positioned himself perfectly in front of the net for the head ball placing it into the top left corner to tie it up at 1-1 sending it to overtime.

The game would end in a 1-1 tie with some stellar play on both sides of the ball and up and down the field. Cadets goaltender Jake Pagragan (Richland, ID/Harrison) had eight saves while Mustangs keeper Leighton had outstanding game with 16 saves.

Mount Ida will host neighboring Lasell College this Sunday for a 1:00 p.m. start.