Spring Break
Kangaroos lose in double overtime 1-0
David Cordill
Issue date: 10/1/07 Section: Sports
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Freshman Ken Cooper, making his second consecutive start at the net for UMKC, made an impressive sliding save with a little more than three minutes left in the half, preserving a scoreless stalemate as both teams headed for the break.
UMKC came out quickly in the second frame but seemed to lose a degree of spark as the game wore on. Evansville, 5-4-0, tried to respond but missed a clear opportunity when Jordan Beshears went wide on a strike during the 75th minute.
The Kangaroos had several more shots very late in regulation time and during the second extra period. Harris took a last ditch crossing shot that missed at the 94:40 mark. Then, moments before the Evansville game winner, UMKC freshman forward John Bayron Sosa dropped a corner kick in front of the Purple Aces goal, but a host of UMKC players were unable to connect with the ball.
"I'm really a performance coach, meaning, 'hey if we play well, good things will happen.' If we keep playing like we've been, we're going to win the games. There's nothing wrong with Evansville - they're a good team. We just couldnt quite get over the hump," Benben said after Thursday's bitter setback.
Harris put a positive spin on the loss as well.
"Looking at the performance by all of us, I think we played one our best games of the year," he said. "You can't really see it in the result that we got, but as a team we really looked after each other ... and really played well as one."
dcs34c@umkc.edu
Sunday late soccer score
UMKC 2, IPFW 1.
See web for more information.
UMKC came out quickly in the second frame but seemed to lose a degree of spark as the game wore on. Evansville, 5-4-0, tried to respond but missed a clear opportunity when Jordan Beshears went wide on a strike during the 75th minute.
The Kangaroos had several more shots very late in regulation time and during the second extra period. Harris took a last ditch crossing shot that missed at the 94:40 mark. Then, moments before the Evansville game winner, UMKC freshman forward John Bayron Sosa dropped a corner kick in front of the Purple Aces goal, but a host of UMKC players were unable to connect with the ball.
"I'm really a performance coach, meaning, 'hey if we play well, good things will happen.' If we keep playing like we've been, we're going to win the games. There's nothing wrong with Evansville - they're a good team. We just couldnt quite get over the hump," Benben said after Thursday's bitter setback.
Harris put a positive spin on the loss as well.
"Looking at the performance by all of us, I think we played one our best games of the year," he said. "You can't really see it in the result that we got, but as a team we really looked after each other ... and really played well as one."
dcs34c@umkc.edu
Sunday late soccer score
UMKC 2, IPFW 1.
See web for more information.
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