Tulsa Men’s Soccer Season Concludes with 2-2 Draw on Senior Night

Wednesday, November 1

Hurricane Stadium

7:00 pm

Tulsa

4-8-3, 2-5-1

FIU

9-3-4, 5-1-2

FIU

Tulsa

Tulsa Men’s Soccer Season Concludes with 2-2 Draw on Senior Night

11/1/2023 9:51:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Box Score (PDF) | Season Stats (PDF)

TULSA, Okla. — The Tulsa men's soccer team's season came to a close Wednesday as the Golden Hurricane and the FIU Panthers battled to a 2-2 draw at the Hurricane Soccer Stadium. Tulsa ends the season at 4-8-3 overall and 2-5-1 in conference play.

Tulsa needed a win over the Panthers and a loss by Temple to No. 10 SMU to qualify for the American Athletic Conference tournament. Wednesday's draw gives the Owls the tiebreaker for the sixth and final spot for the tournament. The Hurricane had made conference postseason in the last three seasons.

"We started the game pretty well and we looked dangerous going forward," said Head Coach Tom McIntosh. "We scored a great goal to start the game. The second half was very open and got a little out of control for sure, but I am proud of the seniors. They fought hard, and they fought to the final buzzer."

Tulsa honored seniors Sergio Baena, Eshwar Challa, Mike Eijgendaal, Malik Henry-Scott, Luke Jeffus, Paul Richnow, Cedrik Stern and Takayoshi Wyatt before the start of the match.

How it Happened
Tulsa struck first in the 38^th minute with a right-footed goal by Mike Eijgendaal. Setting him up was Takayoshi Wyatt, who had two shots on goal before the score, the second of which ricocheted off the right cross bar straight into Eijgendaal's lap.

The teams entered halftime with Tulsa holding the 1-0 advantage. FIU had nine shots, all on goal, while the Hurricane shot the ball four times with three on goal. Goalkeeper Cedrik Stern recorded seven saves in the half.

The Panthers opened the second half with an equalizer goal in the 50^th minute by Bernardo Dos Santos Monteiro, assisted by Diego Castillo and Philip Hildebrandt. Just over 10 minutes later, FIU's Fumiya Shiraishi punched in a score on his own to give the Panthers a 2-1 lead.

Tulsa caught a break in the 77^th minute when FIU's Travis committed a handball in the Panther penalty box. The sure-footed Sergio Baena stepped up and converted the penalty kick to knot up the score at two goals apiece.

After the ensuing kickoff, Baena and FIU's Diego Castillo received red cards.

Game Notes

Cedrik Stern logged all 90 minutes in the net for Tulsa … he had nine total saves.
FIU had 21 shots and 13 shots on goal, while the Hurricane had 12 total shots with five on goal.
The Panthers had 10 corner kicks to Tulsa's three.
Both teams played a man down following red cards given to Sergio Baena (Tulsa) and Diego Castillo (FIU) at 76:48.

Scoring Summary
Tulsa 1 1 - 2
FIU 0 2 - 2

Individual Scoring
Mike Eijgendaal (Tulsa) at 37:09 (Takayoshi Wyatt)
Bernardo Dos Santos Monteiro (FIU) at 49:57 (Diego Castillo; Philip Hildebrandt)
Fumiya Shiraishi (FIU) at 60:27
Sergio Baena (Tulsa) PG at 76:39

Goalkeeper Saves
Cedrik Stern (Tulsa) – 9
Tulsa Team – 2
Tyler Hogan (FIU) – 2
FIU Team – 1