MARSHALL, Texas- After celebrating the accomplishments of their four seniors, the East Texas Baptist University men's soccer team took to the field for their final home match of the season against the Belhaven University Blazers on Saturday afternoon. It came down to double overtime as both teams battled but neither team recorded a goal, ending in a 0-0 tie. ETBU is now 5-7-3 on the season and 1-6-2 in American Southwest Conference. The team will finish out the regular season with two matches on the road next week facing Howard Payne on Thursday, Oct. 26.

The first half was a true defensive match as both teams struggled to get in position to score. The Tigers got their first shot at the 8:26 mark of the half from Thomas Sanford only to see the ball bounce just wide of the net. The second shot came from Ivan Adams 16 minutes later, this time bouncing high off the goal post. The half ended with no goals and ETBU outshot BU by a narrow margin, at 5-3. The Tigers also led the defensive effort with two saves in the opening 45 minutes.

The second half was just as tight as the first, with both teams struggling to score inside the box. A shot by Dominic Wood bounced wide at 74th minute of the contest. BU would have a chance to score in the match but the shot by Ryan Thomas bounced high to keep the game tied with 89:17 to play in regulation. With the final seconds resulting in no score, both teams would head to overtime to settle the match.

 The Tigers needed two overtimes to try and put the Blazers away, but could not convert on several shot opportunities, resulting in a 0-0 tie.

ETBU launched 17 shots total, with four coming right at the net. BU took only seven shots with four of them on-goal.