OSKALOOSA, IA — Grand View erased a two-goal halftime deficit with a pair of second-half goals, including one in the 90th minute, to earn a 2-2 draw with William Penn on Wednesday at Drost Field. The result moves Grand View to 9-5-3 overall and 8-3-2 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play, while William Penn moves to 10-0-7 overall and 8-0-5 in league action.
Grand View had the first chances of the match, with Herman Furumo sending in corner kicks in the 3rd and 7th minutes and Dylan Hunston putting a shot wide in the 3rd. The Statesmen answered with pressure of their own, and Luis Helm made a save in the 9th minute before William Penn took a 1-0 lead in the 18th. Helm stood tall again with saves in the 33rd and 40th minutes, and Grand View created looks from Kais Sabic and Saneyuki Yamagata, who both came on as substitutes in the 34th minute. William Penn added a second goal in the 41st minute, and Grand View went to the break trailing 2-0.
The Vikings came out of halftime with urgency. Helm made another save in the 56th minute, and Eishu Nishizono answered with a shot that was saved a few seconds later. Grand View kept pressing, and Yamagata and Kendall Guzman each forced saves in the 64th minute before Yamagata got the Vikings on the board in the 65th, finishing off an assist from Nishizono to cut the deficit to 2-1. Nishizono had another attempt turned away in the 70th minute, and Anthony Ulloa sent a shot over the bar in the 84th as the Vikings kept searching for the equalizer. Grand View picked up a yellow card in the 88th minute, but it didn't slow the push. In the 90th, Braden Schoene tied the match at 2-2, with assists from Yamagata and Hunston, and Grand View held on for the draw.
GAME NOTES
- Grand View trailed 2-0 at halftime and scored twice in the second half, including the equalizer in the 89th minute
- Saneyuki Yamagata scored in the 65th minute and assisted on Braden Schoene's 90th-minute goal
- Luis Helm made 4 saves in net for Grand View, 3 in the first half and 1 in the second
- Grand View took 7 of its 11 shots in the second half and finished with a 7-6 edge in shots on goal
- Shots were even at 11-11 overall, with William Penn leading 9-4 in the first half
- Yellow cards: Grand View 1, William Penn 3
- Corner kicks and fouls were even, at 3-3 and 10-10
WHAT'S NEXT?
Grand View returns home to the Cownie Soccer Complex on October 31st to take on Missouri Valley at 7:30 PM.
