WICHITA, Kan. - The Indiana Tech men's soccer team ended their incredible postseason run in the NAIA National Tournament Quarterfinal, falling in penalty kicks 4-2 after tying #7 Oklahoma Wesleyan 0-0 through 90 minutes of regulation and 20 minutes of overtime play Thursday night. The Warriors matched their best ever finish at the NAIA Tournament this season, also falling in PK's in 2021. Tech finishes the season at 14-4-6 overall.
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FINAL SCORE
No. 7 Oklahoma Wesleyan (17-1-5) ties Indiana Tech (14-4-6), 0-0 advances 4-2 in shootout |Â Box Score
·  Oklahoma Wesleyan advances to face the winner of No. 6 Bethel (Ind.) and No. 14 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. CST
·  Indiana Tech has been eliminated from championship play
GAME NOTES/HIGHLIGHTS
·  Entering the game, Oklahoma Wesleyan was looking to reach the Semifinals for the third time in program history; they lost in the 2020 final to Missouri Valley and was eliminated in the semis in 2017
·  The Warriors were riding the best postseason performance in team history as Indiana Tech had never won a final site game before this season
·  The misty precipitation that was present for the first two Quarterfinal matches turned into a steady rain, but the synthetic turf at Scheels Stryker Soccer Complex performed fantastic
·  Nearing the end of the first 45 minutes of play, the NAIA's all-time leading scorer Stefan Cvetanovic's shot hit the crossbar – the best of either side's action
·  Indiana Tech's Nicola Brocca drove the ball from the left wing, in the 78th minute, but was blocked by the OKWU defense to preserve the 0-0 score
·  Heading into overtime, the Eagles led 12-5 in shots taken and 6-1 in shots on goal; both teams tallied three corner kicks attempted
·  This contest was the fourth of the Final Site to head to overtime, tying the most in NAIA history (2017)
·  The first OT period did not generate any shots or corner kicks by either club; Pol Mur's attempt at 103:13 for OKWU was blocked, but was the only shot attempt in the first 18 minutes of overtime
·  Inside two minutes, the Warriors had a shot attempt by Luke Jones blocked and then three corner kicks to try and end the game in regulation
·  In total, the Eagles outshot IT by a 13-6 count but Indiana tech held a 7-3 edge in corners taken
·  Matheus Ulrich and Luis Vergara tied for a game high three shot attempts while Tech was led by Aaron Asamoah with two
·  OKWU headed to a penalty kick shootout for the second time just over 48 hours
·  Indiana Tech's first attempt by Lucca Motta was blocked by OKWU keeper Oliver Scott
· The Warriors, down 3-2, had their fourth attempt bounce off the right post setting the table for Oklahoma Wesleyan's Uros Aleksijevic to sink his kick
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