SEWANEE, Tenn. – Reid Gunzenhauser collected six saves, and Sewanee earned seven corners, as the Tigers drew with Rhodes College 0-0 in the Battle of the Bluffs Friday night.
The Tigers were inches away from scoring multiple times. In the 11th minute,
Grayson White played a ball to
Thomas McGowan, who slotted it past the keeper, but a Rhodes defender cleared it before it could cross the goal line.
Rhodes denied the Tigers again with another defensive save, this time off a ball played in by
Jackson Knoll, as the defensive line cleared the ball out of the box.
In the 47th minute, Isaac Rasheed recorded another chance for the Tigers, but hit shot ricochet off the far right post in the 47th.
The Lynx had their best chance of the game in the 56th minute, as a blocked shot fell in front of Matthew Sucato, but Gunzenhauser made a kick save to keep the game tied at 0-0.
With 61 seconds remaining in the match, Rhodes was issued a red card, but the Lynx held serve over the final minute.
Sewanee won the battle in overall shots 14-11, and the Tigers' seven corners outpaced Rhodes' two.
The Tigers return to action Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. CT.