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SEATTLE – Senior forward Blaine Carver tallied the tying goal in the 11th minute Thursday and the Seattle Pacific men tied Northwest Nazarene 1-1 in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference soccer game at Interbay Stadium.
 
The Falcons (4-1-1) had their four-game winning streak stopped as they moved to 2-0-1 in league play.
 


NNU opened the scoring just 2:25 into the contest on a penalty kick by Fredy Razo who was fouled in the box while dribbling toward the right side of the goalmouth. Razo slipped the penalty shot into the lower left corner, giving him five of the team's six goals on the season.
 
"That was a tough way to start, certainly not what we had envisioned," said SPU coach Mark Collings. "We stuck to the game plan and our initial response was good."
 
The penalty kick proved to be the only shot of the half for the visitors, who faced 11 SPU attempts before halftime.
 
Carver (Soldotna, Ak.) equalized for the Falcons at 10:15. He rebounded his own miss at the right side and sent a five-yard boot off a defender and inside the right post from a sharp angle.
 
"That was a great individual effort by Blaine," Collings said. "He was able to get a ball and then beat a guy. I still don't know how he scored it to be honest."
 
That was the first score of the season for Carver, who led the team with eight goals in 2012.
 
SPU had two dangerous chances early in the second half. Davis Karaica had a header cleared off the line by Crusaders defender Jaime Torres in the 46th minute and Stephen MacDonald sent a hard shot off the crossbar in the 55th.
 
Razo nearly found the goal again for NNU in the 86th minute, but his point-blank shot from inside the 6-yard box was stopped by diving Falcons goalkeeper Cody Lang.
 
"I thought definitely in regulation that we had the better of the play," Collings said after his team compiled a 19-9 shot advantage through 90 minutes.
 
"In overtime they really took it to us."
 
The Crusaders owned a 7-4 shot edge during the two, 10-minute extra sessions, including a 5-1 margin in the second overtime.
 
A red-shirt freshman, Lang (Spokane, Wash./Lewis & Clark HS) made seven saves for SPU, which outshot the Crusaders 23-16 for the game.
 
Ryan Foo stopped nine shots for NNU (0-3-3). The Crusaders remained winless in GNAC games at 0-2-1.
 
The SPU men stay home for their next four games, including Saturday's 7:30 p.m. clash with Montana State Billings at Interbay Stadium.
 
 
NCAA MEN'S SOCCER
Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013
Interbay Stadium / Seattle, Wash.
 
at Seattle Pacific 1, Northwest Nazarene 1 (2ot)
 
Scoring – 1, NNU, Fredy Razo (pk), 2:25; 2, SPU, Blaine Carver, 10:15.
 
Shots – NNU 16, SPU 23.
Saves –NNU 10 (Ryan Foo 9), SPU 7 (Cody Lang).
Corner Kicks – NNU 13, SPU 8.
Fouls – NNU 19, SPU 9.
Offsides – NNU 2, SPU 1.
 
Records
Seattle Pacific 4-1-1, 2-0-1 GNAC
Northwest Nazarene 0-3-3, 0-2-1 GNAC
 
Next SPU Men's Game
Montana State Billings at Seattle Pacific
Saturday, Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m. PDT
Interbay Stadium / Seattle, Wash.