Ranger Men's Soccer and Metro State Tie for Second Time in the Last Two Weeks

Denver, Colo.: Regis and Metro State have had some epic battles over the years, but the last two between the teams have been two for the ages.  For the second time in two weeks the two teams battled to a tie, this time 2-2.

The Rangers (5-3-4, 3-1-4 RMAC) got on the board first when sophomore Kyle Emge scored his sixth goal of the season at the 17:50 mark.  Junior Nathan Kafer beat the Metro State (7-4-2, 4-2-2 RMAC) defense and then crossed it to Emge in the middle and slid the ball past the Roadrunner goal keeper.

13 minutes later Steven Emory of Metro tied the score at one on a shot from 30 yards away that went into the top right corner of the net.

Metro State and Regis came into the match ranked third and fourth in the NSCAA Central Region rankings respectively.  The first half ended with a 1-1 tie after Regis did a great job of defending the Roadrunners especially considering the fact that Metro State had five corner kicks compared to one for Regis.

Three minutes and 21 seconds into the second half senior James Copeland scored his third goal of the season as he took a deflection in the middle and put it past Metro State goalkeeper Dominque Griffith.

The two teams were in a stalemate until Metro State's Ryan Baker tied the game on yet another corner kick for Metro State, 10 total for the game, with 17:16 left in the game.

Metro State outshot the Rangers 4-2 in the overtime periods but both of the Rangers shots were on goal compared to just one for Metro State. 

Senior Wally Fink had another fine performance in goal allowing just two goals while making seven saves.

Regis remains in fourth place in the RMAC just one point behind Metro State and three clear of UC-Colorado Springs.

Regis will host UC-Colorado Springs on Friday afternoon at 3:30 p.m.

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