HAMBRG, N.Y. - The Hilbert's men's soccer team forced a 3-3 tie in the championship game of the Hilbert Men's Soccer Tournament this afternoon. 

The Hawks and Bryant and Stratton played 90-minutes even but went to a shootout in order to determine the champion.  Hilbert won 5-4 on penalties, earned their first weekend series of the year as they look to build on the great start to the season.
 
The Basics

• Final Score: TIE:   Hilbert 3  |  Bryant and Stratton  3  |  (5-4 penalties for the championship)
• Location: Hawk Field  |  Hamburg, NY
• Records: Hilbert 2-0-0  |  Bryant and Stratton 1-1-0

 
How it Happened

• Bryant and Stratton come out of the gate hot with Jaime Ward tucking one in the bottom left hand corner to take a 1-0 lead in the 7th minute.
• Hilbert answered back quickly when Jason Vullo delivered a beautiful pass to Chris Smith who buried it in the bottom right hand corner 17-seconds later.
• Trevor Farell struck back though with a goal ten minutes later and put the Bobcats back up by one.
• Carter Burke then capitalize on a penalty kick to tie the game again at 31:05.
• But before intermission, Isaac Bourne steped up and scored a penalty kick of his own which put Bryant and Stratton back on top heading into the second half.
• After a relatively quiet 30-minutes of action, Hector Harris eventually broke through and crossed a ball over to John Schroth who hit a beauty into the top right corner of the net, knotting the game at 3-all with 13 minutes left in regulation.
• The game ended in a 3-3 tie, but the Hawks and Bobcats were forced to go to penalties in order to award the champion. 
• Carter Burke, Chris Smith, John Schroth, Hector Harris, and Ed Brust were successful in their kicks while Logan Peck steped up in a massive way making three penalty saves to help Hilbert get the win.

 
Game Notes

• Bryant and Stratton led the game with twelve shots on net compared to Hilbert's 5.
• Bryant and Stratton also edged out ten corners throughout the match as to Hilbert only earned one.
• Logan Peck played outstanding recording nine saves during the competition plus three in the penalty shootout.
• Hilbert's Jason Vullo, Jacob Donner, Carter Burke, Reese Tomporowski, and Hector Harris helped lead Hilbert to the victory by playing all ninety minutes of the game.

 
Up Next

The Hawks return to action next Wednesday when they welcome Thiel College September 7th with a 4pm kick-off.