BARBOURVILLE, Ky. - Union College and Reinhardt (Ga.) College when toe-to-toe in a crucial Appalachian Athletic Conference game Saturday with the teams dueling to a 1-1, double-overtime tie.
The tie puts Union at 9-4-2 overall and 4-1-2 in the AAC, while Reinhardt is 6-8-1 overall and 4-2-1 in conference play.
With the draw, Union will enter the upcoming conference tournament as the No. 3 seed and will play host to No. 6 Tennessee Wesleyan College Nov. 7. Time to be determined.
"I'm really proud of effort by the team," said Union coach Tyler Brock. "It was a collective team effort, and we put ourselves in a situation to control our own destiny. Although it wasn't a win, we accomplished one of our goals, which was to host a first-round game in the conference tournament."
Reinhardt will be the No. 5 seed and travel to No. 4 Montreat (N.C.) College for its opening round game.
After a scoreless first half, Dominic Scheele (Clarksville, Tenn.) got the Bulldogs on the board as he collected a loose ball goalkeeper Zack Schultze could not collect and deposited it in the net for a 1-0 advantage in the 74th minute.
However, Reinhardt was awarded a penalty kick in the 80th minute and Spencer Davidson drilled it home to even the score at 1-1.
As the game headed into overtime, both teams struggled to see as darkness was settling in. Still, each team had some quality scoring chances. Schultze came up with a big save on a shot by Scheele in the second overtime period, while Union's Jonathan Shaw (Merseyside, England) came up with two clutch saves during the extra periods.
Shaw finished the game with eight saves, while Schultze had four. Reinhardt outshot Union 15-14 and had nine shots on goal as compared to Union five.
Union will close out the regular season Tuesday when it plays host to Covenant (Ga.) College at 4 p.m.
Bulldog Notes
- Dominic Scheele is the sixth different player with at least three goals for the Bulldogs this season.
- The third place finish is the highest for Union since joining the AAC in 2002.
- [Football] - Quintin Borders - MSC East Offensive Player of the Year
- [Football] - Demetrius Davis, Quinton Borders & William Roundtree - All-MSC East First Team
- [Football] - Brad Fulton & Josh Littleton - Academic All-Conference Team
- [Women's Soccer] - Marcela Salum - AAC Player of the Year
- [Women's Soccer] - Patricia Nardy - AAC Defensive Player of the Year
- [Women's Soccer] - Marcela Salum - AAC Offensive Player of the Year
- [Women's Soccer] - Ashley Hall - Golden Boot Award Winner
- [Women's Soccer] - Jason Lanham - AAC Coach of the Year
- [Women's Soccer] - Ashley Hall, Stephanie Cagle, Patricia Nardy, Nikki Jeck & Kristina Kirk - Academic All-Conference Team
- [Women's Soccer] - Marcela Salum, Ashley Hall, Patricia Nardy, Renata Peixoto, Jessica Brandner & Jessica Florence - All-AAC First Team
- [Men's Soccer] - Danny Bartlett, Nathan Koebcke, Roscoe Moonieyan, Kevin Niehaus, Austin Sebald & Max Sisson - Academic All-Conference Team
- [Men's Soccer] - Jonathan Sutton, Jonathan Shaw & Aaron Miller - All-AAC First Team
- [Women's Soccer] - 2009 Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
- [Volleyball] - 2009 Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
- [Volleyball] - Whitney Elam - AAC Coach of the Year
- [Volleyball] - Monica Moreland - AAC Setter of the Year
- [Volleyball] - Amanda Silva - AAC Libero of the Year
- [Volleyball] - Chelsea Kirschman - AAC All-Freshman Team
- [Volleyball] - Autumn Combs, Christina Prindle, Maddie Peterson, Sarah Alderson - Academic All-Conference Team
- [Volleyball] - Monica Moreland, Autumn Combs, Brooke Vinovich, Amanda Silva - All-AAC First Team
- [Volleyball] - 2009 Appalachian Athletic Conference Regular-Season Champions
- [Women's Soccer] - 2009 Appalachian Athletic Conference Regular-Season Champions
- [Cycling] - Bulldogs place second at NCCA National Championship Meet
- [Cycling] - Rachel Millsop - Placed Third in the 2009 NCCA Division II Women's Omnium
- [Cycling] - Zach Winn - 2009 NCCA Division II Men's Omnium National Champion
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