Michigan
5-6-3
Michigan State
6-4-2
Fuzetti Nets Equalizer in 1-1 Draw With Michigan State
10/8/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan men's soccer team played its fourth double-overtime match of the year and finished in a 1-1 deadlock with Michigan State on Sunday (Oct. 8) at the U-M Soccer Field. The Wolverines played in front of a record-breaking U-M Soccer Field crowd of 3,009 fans.
Down a man and trailing by a goal, the Wolverines entered the second half with more offensive and defensive intensity and took 12 shots and allowed only three shots in the entire period. One of Michigan's 12 shots proved to be the equalizer, as freshman Mauro Fuzetti (Houston, Texas/Stratford HS) netted the goal at the 74:55 mark off a Michigan restart. The Maize and Blue was awarded a restart after freshman Peri Marosevic (Rockford, Ill./Edison Academy) drew an MSU foul. Fuzetti took the restart from the top of the 18-yard box and bent the ball around the Spartans' defensive wall, beating goalkeeper Jason Tillman low and to the right.
The Spartans were able to get on the board early in the match, in the 16th minute, after sophomore defender Michael Holody (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston HS) denied an obvious scoring opportunity with his hands, drawing a red card and giving MSU a penalty kick. The play began when sophomore/freshman Patrick Sperry (Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central HS) made a play on a 50/50 ball and collided with a Wolverine defender, forcing Holody to recover to block a MSU shot with his hands to keep the ball from the net. Michigan State's Matt Kreikemeier took the penalty kick and was successful, beating Sperry to his right.
Being down a man, Sperry and the Maize and Blue responded to the Spartans' goal by playing strong defensively. The next shot on goal for MSU came in the 22nd minute and forced Sperry to dive to his right to knock the ball wide of the net for one of his three saves. Sperry made all three of his saves in the first period, as the Wolverines did not allow a shot on goal in the final three periods of play.
Michigan's best scoring opportunity of the first half came in the 42nd minute, when sophomore Chase Tennant (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester HS) fired a laser from 22 yards out and hit the crossbar just inches from netting the equalizer. The play was set up after senior tri-captain Brian Popeney (Canton, Mich./Plymouth Salem HS) took a Michigan corner kick, passing the ball off to Tennant on the right flank.
At the 44:31 mark U-M continued to search for the game-tying goal as Fuzetti hit the crossbar with a shot inside the 18 yard box. Senior tri-captain Kevin Hall (Kalamazoo, Mich./Central HS) set the play up as he slipped the ball off to Fuzetti after making a run through the MSU defense. Fuzetti and Hall finished the game with two and three shots, respectively.
In the final overtime, Marosevic attempted to nail the game-winner for the Wolverines with just 1:17 left. Sophomore Jake Stacy (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Central HS) passed the ball to Marosevic, giving the freshman forward the opportunity to fire the shot from 15 yards out, but it went wide. Marosevic finished the match with a team-high seven shots, with four Wolverines tying for second with three shots.
Michigan begins a stretch of three straight road games with a non-conference contest at Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Friday (Oct. 13, 7 p.m. CDT).
GAME SUMMARY
| Team | 1 | 2 | OT | OT | F |
| Michigan State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michigan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Scoring, Time (Assist)
1st -- MSU, Matt Kreikemeier, 15:47 (penalty kick)
2nd -- U-M, Mauro Fuzetti, 74:55 (unassisted)
Shots: U-M 27, MSU 13
Saves: U-M 4 (Patrick Sperry 3, Team 1), MSU 4 (Jason Tillman)
Corner Kicks: U-M 8, MSU 4
Fouls: U-M 18, MSU 12
Cards: U-M, Michael Holody, 15:47 (red); U-M, Santos Perez, 46:19 (yellow); U-M, Team, 96:20 (yellow)
Contact: Joseph Conrad (734) 763-4423
Team Stats
Kreikemeier, Matt
MSU Kreikemeier, Matt PENALTY KICK GOAL.
15:47
Fuzetti, Mauro
goal off free kick, top left of 18 yd bo
74:55
