THE BASICS:?

Score: Holy Cross 1, Army West Point 1 (2OT)

Records: Holy Cross (3-3-4, 1-0-2 Patriot League; Army West Point (2-4-3, 0-1-1 Patriot League)

Location: Worcester, Mass. (Linda Johnson Smith Soccer Stadium)?

Date: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015

Time: 7:05 p.m.?

The Lead: Junior Joey DeVivo (Ridgefield, Conn.) scored the equalizer in the second half as the Holy Cross men's soccer team tied Army West Point, 1-1, on Wednesday in Patriot League action.?

?HOW IT HAPPENED:

• In the 13th minute (12:41), Army West Point's Nick Williams threw the ball in to Cody Guerry who took a shot on goal that senior Kevin Wright (McKinney, Texas) saved. But Guerry got his own rebound, regained control of the ball, and sent it in the back of the net for a goal.
• Army West Point's Tanner Vosvick almost scored in the 16th minute on a free kick from 22 yards out, but Wright knocked the ball over the net.?
• The Crusaders' first shot on goal was taken by sophomore Yuji Callahan (Okinawa, Japan) in the 19th minute. Callahan fired a shot to the lower left side of the net but Chris Britt was able to make the save.
• The Crusaders entered the second half trailing 1-0.
• In the 54th minute, junior Matt Villano (Basking Ridge, N.J.) took a shot that just missed the net. Britt ran out of the net and he and Villano were in a one-on-one battle when Villano's shot soared wide of the right side of the goal.
• Then in the 65th minute, Crusaders' sophomore Arno Rupp (Wolfsberg, Austria) made a powerful free kick from 25 yards out that Britt was just able to dive and get his hands on.
• DeVivo tied the game in the 74th minute (73:23) from 18 yards out with a shot that just went under the arms of a diving Britt into the lower right hand corner of the goal. DeVivo fired a shot that deflected off a defender and then Britt got a piece of it, but was unable to keep it from going into the net. DeVivo was assisted by Callahan and sophomore Brad Ross (Nashville, Tenn.).?
• Holy Cross had a bid to win the game with under four minutes left in regulation when sophomore Nicholas Cestaro (Massapequa, N.Y.) headed the ball from five yards out, but Britt was able to just get his hand on it to knock the ball over the net to keep the game tied at 1-1. The game then went in to overtime.
• In the second overtime, sophomore Eric Dixon (San Diego, Calif.) shot a free kick from 30 yards out that was going to the upper right corner of the net, but Britt was able to catch the ball to keep it out of the goal.?
• Neither team was able to score the game-winner as the contest ended in a 1-1 tie.?

?KOOLMAN ON THE GAME:

• “I'm happy we were able to score the equalizer,” said Holy Cross head coach Marco Koolman. “But we did not play as well tonight as we have been playing. I give Army a lot of credit as they played very well, but if you want to succeed in this league you have to win games like tonight at home. Tonight we weren't good enough. We look forward to preparing to take on Navy on Saturday.”

?INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Wright had three saves, while Britt had seven saves for Army West Point.
• Holy Cross outshot Army West Point 13-11, while the Crusaders posted eight shots on goal and the Black Knights had four.?
• The Crusaders took five corner kicks, while Army West Point tallied four.

?BEYOND THE BOX:

• Holy Cross is 1-0-2 in the Patriot League this season. This is the first time the Crusaders have been undefeated after the first league contests since going 2-0-1 in 2008.
• DeVivo netted his team-leading fourth goal of the season. He now has 18 career goals.
• The Crusaders are 2-0-3 over their last five games versus Army West Point.

?UP NEXT:

• The Crusaders return to action on Saturday, Oct. 10, when they host Navy at the Linda Johnson Smith Soccer Stadium at 7:05 p.m.?
• At this game, the men's soccer team will partner up with the V for Victory Foundation for the team's Pink Game. Founder and President of the V for Victory Foundation is Valerie Wright, the mother of Kevin Wright.
• The V for Victory Foundation is a non-profit organization providing survivors and cancer patients alike with knowledge, guidance and empowerment to aid them in overcoming the psychological and physical distress caused by cancer treatments.

?KEEP CONNECTED:

• There are numerous ways to stay connected with the Holy Cross men's soccer team. Follow the Crusaders on Twitter?@HCrossMSoccer, on?Facebook?and on?Instagram.?You can also get the latest news and results on the team sent directly to your e-mail.?To sign up for e-mail alerts go?here.