Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Hickman soccer edges Troy Buchanan in shootout win


By Nick Snow
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
It took 100 minutes and a couple of heart-stopping penalty kicks, but the Hickman boys soccer team finally snatched victory away from Troy Buchanan last night on LeMone Field.
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Hickman 0, Troy 0 (5-4 PK
Goalkeeper Spencer Mills recorded back-to-back saves, including the stop on Troy’s Alex Williams that gave Hickman the edge in penalty kicks needed to win the game 0-0 (5-4 PK).
“I just made sure I went the right way,” Mills said. “That last shot went right down the middle, and I stuck with it. We knew coming in that they were going to be a tough team, but we’re really happy with the win. A lot of that credit goes to the defense.”
After Eric Pekkala, Hickman’s fifth kicker, tied the score at 4 with a shot that ricocheted off both posts before crossing the line, Mills slid left just in time to catch Alex Martin’s blast — sending the match into a second round of penalty kicks. From there, Adam Brenner sent a laser into the back of the net before Mills came up with the stop to win the game.
“It’s always good to get into a situation like this,” Hickman Coach Adam Taylor said. “We handled adversity really well. We got down early in penalty kicks, but Spencer came up with a couple of huge saves.”
Hickman (10-4-1) had several chances to keep the game from going into overtime, especially late in the first half. But every chance Alex Holliday and Andy Atkins had, Troy goalkeeper Chris Wood was there to keep the Kewpies off the board.
With just more than two minutes left in the half, Troy had a 5-on-3 breakaway after Hickman got caught trying to generate some offense. However, Adam Kopriva and Thomas Pekkala combined to dilute the threat and keep the game scoreless at the half.
Play got more physical in the second half, as both teams started to push a little more. After spending a majority of the half around midfield, Conner Hollrah’s shot hit the crossbar with 7:54 left in regulation, sending the match to overtime in a scoreless tie.
Troy used its speedy forwards to get an open look halfway through the first overtime, but Ben Lehmkuhl’s shot rolled just outside the right post.
Holliday brought the Hickman fans to their feet, hauling in a long pass from Brian Willcox and blistering it into the back of the net for what looked like the game-winner. Instead, Holliday was ruled offside and the goal was waved off.
“This was a very physical team,” Taylor said. “A game like this should help prepare us for districts, because those opponents like to muscle up.”
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