St. Louis – The Maryville University men's soccer team grabbed an early lead, but failed to hold on as the Saints earned a 3-3 draw with Davenport University Thursday evening at Maryville Field.
 
What Happened – The Saints opened the scoring in the 6th minute as Helmut Florencia placed a corner kick from Dom Riggio into the lower left side of the goal to give Maryville a 1-0 lead. The Panthers tied the match in the 34th minute, but Cedric Sengl took a centering pass from JD Sohn and scored from 11-yards out as the Saints re-gained the lead 2-1 in the 35th minute. Davenport answered in the 55th minute to knot the game up at 2-2, but Maryville answered in the 61st minute as Pontus Gitselov tallied off a centering pass from Rasmus Tauts as the Saints once again took the lead at 3-2. The Panthers responded with a goal three minutes later to once again draw the match even at 3-3. The game turned into a defensive battle as neither team was able to score over the next 56 minutes.
 
Inside the Numbers – Maryville outshot the Panthers 15-13 in the match. Each team had four shots on goal. Florencia paced the Saints with four shots while Tauts added three.
 
Records – Maryville – 0-0-1
                  Davenport – 0-0-1
 
Up Next – The Saints return to the pitch Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. as Maryville plays host to #7 Ohio Valley at Maryville Field.