LISLE, Ill. - The Rockford University men's soccer team finished with a 0-0 tie at Benedictine on Wednesday night. Although basically all of the stats tilted heavily in Benedictine's favor, the Regents' outstanding defense carried the team to its first draw of the season. Benedictine outshot the Regents 28-5, including a large 12-2 advantage in shots on goal. Fortunately, Regent keeper
Wesley Pritzlaff was spectacular in goal. Pritzlaff tied his season high with 12 saves. Rockford is now 1-0-1 in the last two seasons against Benedictine.
- Rockford University keeper Wesley Pritzlaff had an extremely strong start to the match. Pritzlaff tallied five saves over the first 30 minutes to keep the match scoreless.
- The Regents' lone shot on goal in the first half came in the 25th minute off the foot of Javier Palacios. The shot was headed towards the bottom left side of the goal but it was saved by the Eagle keeper.
- Rockford actually had the first shot on goal of the second half in the 63rd minute. Rejhan Jakupi's shot was saved in front of the bottom right side of the goal this time to keep it a 0-0 game.
- The remainder of the match was dominated by Wesley Pritzlaff and the rest of the Regent defense. Pritzlaff made seven saves over the final 24 minutes, including three in a four minute span.
- The Regents did not have a shot attempt over the final 24 minutes, but were still able to earn a 0-0 tie thanks to Pritzlaff and the team's excellent defensive performance.
