McDougall’s seven saves preserves double OT tie

Danny Pinto

The Sacramento State men’s soccer team came away with a loss and a tie as they traveled to Cal Poly and Loyola Marymount this past weekend. At LMU on Sunday, the Hornets got a shutout from sophomore goalkeeper Matt McDougall as they salvaged a 0-0 draw in double overtime.

McDougall recorded his second consecutive shutout this season, totaling two on the year. He now has a career total of five shutouts and stands in second place on the Hornets’ men’s soccer career shutout list.

On Friday night, Sac State fell to the Mustangs 2-1. The Hornets scored the first goal of the match in the 24th minute as sophomore midfielder Miguel Ramirez received a cross pass from senior forward Eric Rabbon and put the service away with a header that was placed in the upper left corner.

Five minutes later, the Mustangs answered back due to a borderline penalty call against Sac State in the goal box. A Mustang player attempted a volley in the air, but was unsuccessful in his attempt to tie the game and fell to the field.

However, the referee awarded a penalty kick to the Mustangs and they proceeded to convert on the penalty to tie the game at 1-1 after 29 minutes of play.

The home squad would take the lead for good in the 33rd minute after a Mustang breakaway resulted in a goal by Danny Calderon from just inside the penalty box, giving the lead and the game to the Mustangs.

(The Sacramento State Sports Information Department contributed information to this article.)