MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Embry-Riddle and Auburn Montgomery soccer teams combined for 24 shots, but in the end, 110 minutes of play was not enough to determine a winner of the final game of the AUM Southern States Athletic/Sun Conference Showdown on Saturday. Host Auburn Montgomery scored first, but Embry-Riddle had a late answer and the game ended in a 1-1 tie.

The Eagles seemed the more energetic side to start the contest, but it was the Warhawks who held an 8-5 edge in shots. Both teams had shots on frame, but goalkeepers Nils Carlson for ERAU and Vignir Johanessen were up to the task for their respective collecting five saves between them in the first half. AUM's best chance of the frame came in the 41st minute when  Cameron Findlay latched onto a corner kick, but his shot banged off the post to keep both teams level at 0-0 at the half.

The Eagles registered the first two shots of the second half, but it was AUM who found the back off the net first. Elvar Sigurdsson completed a pass to Philippe Silveira took the ball into the box and hit a low shot to the opposite corner to give the Warhawks a 1-0 advantage.

AUM clung to the one goal lead and created a few more chances as the second half progressed, but the Eagles also continued to knock on the door and in the 81st minute, their persistence paid off. Anel Coralic found Veit Couturier on the left side. Couturier dribbled past three AUM defenders and slipped a pass to Nicklas Petersson running down the right side. Petersson took a few touches and his strike beat Johanssen low to knot the score at 1-1.

The remaining nine minutes of regulation saw an increase in the intensity as each team tried to take the lead for good, but at the end of 90 minutes, the score remained deadlocked, forcing overtime play.

The first period of overtime finished with a flurry. With 20 seconds remaining, the Eagles won a corner kick which was taken by Sam Farihurst. Fairhurst lifted the ball into the box where Couturier rose above the AUM defense to meet it. Couturier's header was on frame but amidst cries to the contrary from the Eagles players on the field, the Warhawks were judged to have saved the ball off the line resulting in another 10 minutes of extra play.

Both teams went back out for 10 more minutes of action, but the additional playing time yielded no addition to the scoreboard, resulting in the 1-1 final score.

Emnbry-Riddle is now 1-1-1 on the year, while AUM moves to 2-2-1 overall.

Embry-Riddle will be back on the road again next weekend when the team travels to Orange Beach, Ala. to participate in the University of Mobile Invitational. The Eagles will face Texas-Brownsville at 5 p.m. (CST) on Friday and will take on Mississippi College at the same time on Saturday.