Eastern Illinois Panthers vs Belmont Bruins 2022.10.26 / NCAA Soccer Men`s

. TEMPERATURES STILL ABOVE FREEZING AND READY TO ROCK AND ROLL IN THIS BATTLE BETWEEN EASTERN AND THE NOISE AND BELMONT. TWO TEAMS THAT HAVE SOME HISTORY TOGETHER. THIS WILL BE THE 11TH MEETING ALL TIME BETWEEN THE TWO CLUBS, BUT WE GET THINGS STARTED WITH A LOOK AT THE STAR FOR EI, YOU SAM EXLEY'S AS HE GETS READY TO KICK IT OFF BACK TO THE BOYS IN BLUE, AND WE HAVE EATEN VON ESSEN READY TO HUNT FOR THAT FIRST TURNOVER OPPORTUNITY LIKE HE HAS BECOME SO ADEPT AT SINCE HE TOOK OVER AS A STARTER IN THE FRONT LINE JUST THREE MATCHES AGO. BUT WE'RE OFF AND RUNNING HERE, FOLKS IN NASHVILLE AS YOU SEE THE TAKEAWAY BY BELMONT, LEADING THE PASS OUT FOR VON ESSEN, THE TRACK HE GETS PUSHED OUT OF THE WAY BY BRUCE FROM LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, OHIO, AND THAT BALL JUST SETTLES INTO THE FAR CORNER BEFORE WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE. EARLY ON, YOU CAN SEE ONE BIG NOTION HERE FOR BELMONT JUST PLAY AGGRESSIVE, NON CONFERENCE MATCHUP. THIS WILL NOT HELP THEM IN ANY WAY IN THE POINT TOTAL, BUT IT CAN CERTAINLY HELP THEM IN THE WAY THEY GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS. COME JUST SIX DAYS FROM NOW WHEN THEY TAKE ON EVANSVILLE IN THEIR FINAL REGULAR SEASON MATCH, WHICH COULD DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY GET TO HOST AN NBC TOURNAMENT MATCH. YEAH. MOVE IT. DAK. A COUPLE OF QUICK TIP PASSES HERE AND NOW IT'S EQUITIES ON THE RUN AROUND BARKS , SERVES IT OUT LEFT NUMBER 23 JULIAN SMITH FROM INDIANAPOLIS. TAKEN AWAY BY RILEY CLOTHIER THAT RIGHT BACK HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY GOOD FOR THE BELMONT BACK LINE. SUCH A STRONG FRESHMAN, CERTAINLY ONE THAT YOU CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL LIKE HE'S GOT A CHANCE TO MAKE THE ALL NBC FRESHMAN TEAM WHEN THE SEASON COMES TO AN END, BUT LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE STARTERS FOR TONIGHT'S CONTEST, FOLKS FIRST FOR VISITING I YOU THIS STARTING LINEUP IS PRESENTED BY A YOUNG TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS THAT POWER YOUR BUSINESS. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A FEW TIMES AND FOR GOOD REASON, WITH FIVE GOALS THIS SEASON AND THE MOST SHOTS TAKEN ON GOAL AND OUT OF GOLD THIS WAY OF THE CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS, TRADEMARK. YOU CERTAINLY CAN'T IGNORE THE EXCELLENCY BRINGS, BUT YOU'VE GOT SOME PRETTY EXPERIENCED PLAYERS ON THAT BACK LINE LIKE DELFAY, SABU AND WILLIAM BRUCE, WHO BRING VARYING LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE, BUT BOTH HAVE OVER 20 CAREER STARTS TO THEIR NAME. SO THE C I U TEAM. YOU CAN'T SUGARCOAT IT. IT'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR FOR HIM. FIRST OFF. THEY DIDN'T GET A HEAD COACH UNTIL LATE JUNE, AS JOSH OAKLEY IS IN HIS FIRST YEAR LEADING THE PANTHER PROGRAM AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN IT ALL SEASON LONG. OAKLEY IS THE ONLY COACH LISTED ON EASTERN ILLINOIS ROSTER. THE HEAD COACH IS THE ONLY COACH OUT THERE A SOLO ONE MAN BAND ACT THAT I'M SURE DOESN'T MAKE THINGS ANY EASIER WHEN IT COMES TO DELEGATING AND MAKING SURE THAT EACH AREA OF THE TEAM GETS THE PROPER ATTENTION NEEDS SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE HAND THAT HE'S BEEN DEALT AS YOU SEE THE LEAPING CATCH IN THE BOX BY CHAD SMITH FROM CINCINNATI, OHIO. TAKE AWAY THE FIRST LONG SERVICE OPPORTUNITY FOR AIDAN VON ESSEN. BUT WE TALKED A FEW TIMES ABOUT EI YOU WHY NOT? LOOK AT SOME OF THE BELMONT STARTERS OF WHICH ONE REALLY BIG SHIFT, OF COURSE. UFC VON ESSEN BACK IN THE STARTING LINEUP FOR THE FOURTH STRAIGHT MATCH, BUT YOU'VE ALSO GOT FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL YEAR, A GOALKEEPER NOT NAMED NATE LOGAN, STARTING TONIGHT FOR BELMONT IN THIS NON CONFERENCE ABOUT TO WANT TO GIVE GRANT CALVERT A SHOT AS THIS IS THE FIRST MATCH THAT CALVERT HAS PLAYED. IN HIS TWO SEASON CAREER TRANSFERRED IN FROM THE ST LOUIS PROGRAM, ALONG WITH SAM ROWAN, AND IS NOW GETTING HIS FIRST TASTE OF LIVE GAME ACTION. IN HIS COLLEGIATE CAREER. SO BEST OF LUCK TO GRANT CALVERT HERE TONIGHT, LOOKING TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION FOR THE FUTURE, AS YOU SEE THAT PASS SHIFTED OUT WIDE FOR THE SERVICE IN THE BOX AND THEN THE CHIP WIDE RIGHT? AIDAN VON ESSEN, WHO KICKS HIMSELF OVER THE LEFT POST, FRUSTRATED THAT HE MISSED THAT OPPORTUNITY. BUT HAPPY TO SEE FOR BELMONT. IF YOU ARE A BELMONT FAN, THE OPPORTUNITY WAS THERE AS YOU SAW THE NICE LITTLE BACK TO SIX BALL BY JANSEN WILSON WILSON, THE TEAM'S LEADING PASSER WAS SIX ASSISTS USUALLY GETS THEM IN BULK, IS SEARCHING FOR HIS FIRST ONE IN A WHILE, BUT HE IS SO DANGEROUS IS NOW O'BRIEN SHIFTS IT UP TO THE TOP. SAUNDERS DANCING AROUND WITH THE BALL HAS IT TAKEN AWAY BY SMITH. LOOKING UP AHEAD, CONNECTED WITH NUMBER 11 PRINCE CONEY FROM CINCINNATI, OHIO, AND NOW WE SEE THE BRUINS JUST BAT THE BALL AROUND AND TAKE IT BACK THE OTHER WAY. AS YOU SEE THE WHISTLE LOOK LIKE THAT ONE HIT THE ARM THERE, SO STOP THE PLAY. IT IS. YEAH, YOU BOWL. TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT HER KEYS TO THE MATCH WHILE WE'RE AT IT, FOLKS AGAIN PRESENTED BY SENT FEDERAL CREDIT UNION BUT I YOU THEY GIVE UP A LOT OF SHOTS COMPARED TO THE SHOTS, THEY GET OVER 10 MORE ALLOWED TO THEIR OPPONENTS THIS SEASON AT JUST UNDER 20 SHOTS, GIVING AWAY A GAME TO THEIR OPPONENTS, SO IF THEY CAN FIND PURPOSE WITH THEIR POSSESSION AND FOCUS THEIR PHYSICALITY, THEY COULD GIVE THEMSELVES THE BEST CHANCE TO MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE ROAD IN A PLACE THAT IS VERY HARD FOR ANYBODY TO TRY AND TAKE DOWN BELMONT. COMES IN TONIGHT WITH A 17 MATCH HOME UNBEATEN STREAK, THE LONGEST IN THE NATION FOR THE BRUINS, SET PIECE EXECUTION, ALWAYS A PREMIUM AND STAYING INTENSE IN THIS NON CONFERENCE ABOUT CERTAINLY MASSIVE FOR THE TEAM AS YOU SEE STEELY, MUCH LIKE HE DID VERSUS MISSOURI STATE JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, PUT HIMSELF IN THE WAY OF THE SERVICE AND SEND THAT BALL BACK IN ANOTHER POSSESSION DOWN THE BARREL. MAN DYLAN STEELY WAS SUCH A DOMINANT DEFENSIVE FORCE AND THE BRUINS SCORELESS DRAW AGAINST NUMBER 18, MISSOURI STATE TO KEEP THEIR HOME AND BEATEN STREAK INTACT AND REALLY GIVE THIS TEAM CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN HAVE THIS FORMULA OF PLAYING STANDOUT DEFENSE FOR 90 MINUTES, AND WITH THE REINSTITUTION OF OVERTIME AND PENALTY KICKS IN THE POSTSEASON, YOU CANNOT PONDER HELP TO PONDER THAT THIS BELMONT TEAM MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE THEIR FORMULA TO MAYBE SQUEAK OUT A FEW WINS. YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T SCORE IN THE 1ST 90 HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD OFFENSIVE PLAYERS AND REALLY, IF YOU GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO PLAY IN, PKS COULD REALLY SHIFT THE DYNAMIC HERE AND MAKE THIS A VERY TOUGH TEAM TO FACE FOR THE DEFENSE THAT BELMONT BRINGS ALONE. STARTING WITH THAT GUY NUMBER 26 DEALING , STEALING AND TRICKLING OVER TWO GUYS LIKE JOHN BANNOCK, WHO'S IN HIS FINAL SEASON AS A COLLEGIAN HAS BEEN A STAR FOR THIS BRUINS TEAM FOR THREE SEASONS NOW, OVER TWO YEARS, AND THEN YOU LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE FOR GUYS LIKE RILEY CLOTHIER. THE SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR THAT DEFENSE THAT BELMONT IS BRINGING CLOTHIER LOVES TO RUN SOMETIMES, AND NOW HE GIVES IT BACK TO BARKS. CHASSE TODAY WITH THE SKIP STEP, TRIED TO NEEDLE IT THROUGH, BUT IT WAS DEFLECTED OFF OF THE LEG OF CHAD HAMLER WON THE TEAM'S MOST EXPERIENCED PLAYERS FOR EI, YOU CAREER START NUMBER 50 FOR MR HANDLER TODAY AS A PANTHER. NO DOUBT LEFT BY COX. GOOD SERVICE IN BY WILSON HEADER IN THE BOX PUSHED AROUND AND SENT BACK OUT IN THE WAY BY JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI NATIVE CHAD HANDLER, THE GRADUATE MIDFIELDER, WHO WAS MARKING UP WITH LIAM O'BRIEN, 31 SWITCHING BACK OVER TO CLOTHING. NOW SAUNDERS ONE ON. ONE TRYING TO GET AROUND. MAXWELL ALBUM THE SENIOR FROM INDY. HI SERVICE ACROSS THE 18, AND IT GOES OUT OVER THE IN LINE FOR THE FIRST GOAL KICK HERE. BYE GOLDIE CHAD SMITH, THE SOPHOMORE WHO WAS ONE OF THE BUSIEST GOALKEEPERS IN THE NATION. 68 SAVES ENTERING TONIGHT'S MATCH FOR MR SMITH, WHOM YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN AND BLACK AND YELLOW LIKE THAT BUSTING BUMBLEBEE. NINTH IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IN THE SAME CATEGORY WITH THOSE 68 TOTAL CATCHES. GOOD FORCE AWAY BY CLOTHING AND STILL TRYING TO KEEP IT IN. COULDN'T DO SO. BUT IT DOES AT LEAST STOP THE PLAY. BRUINS NOT WANTING TO TAKE THIS MATCH FOR GRANTED. ANY GOOD TEAM WILL TELL YOU THAT EVERY MATCH IS IMPORTANT, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ADD TO YOUR POINT TOTAL. AND WE CAN GO ON AND ON ABOUT THAT. THIS COULD BE A CHANCE TO UNLOCK SOME NEW THINGS. BUILD SOME CONFIDENCE FOR YOUR OFFENSIVE EXECUTION, AS THE BRUINS HAVE HAD THEIR CHANCES ALREADY AND NOW LOOK FOR ANOTHER ONE WITH SAUNDERS SPEEDING UP THE OUTSIDE, SERVICING IT UP AHEAD, TRYING TO FIND VON ESSEN, BUT SMITH CUTS IT OFF WITH A GOOD TIME. PUSH OUT AS NOW YOU SEE THE BRUINS TRY AND GET THE BALL BACK AND HAVE TO RESTART THINGS BACK ON THEIR BACK FOUR. BRUINS USUALLY PLAYING IN A 4231. RIGHT NOW THAT FLUIDITY LOOKING MORE LIKE THEY'VE GOT A THREE PERSON BACK LINE WAS SHIFTS ON THE OUTSIDE CAN HAVE THOSE GUYS PLAYING UP LIKE CASE COX, WHO IS RUNNING LIKE A MADMAN DOWN THE LEFT SIDE, TRYING TO TAKE THE BALL AWAY FROM SABU OUT OF NORMAL, ILLINOIS. HE PROTECTS IT, THOUGH , AND IT'S ANOTHER GOAL KICK FOR SMITH. THAT IS NOT AN EASY ASSIGNMENT WHEN YOU GOT CASE COX, WHO RUNS AND I ASSUME MAKES CONTACT LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN WITH THE AMOUNT OF SIZE HE BRINGS TO THE EQUATION. YOU DID A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING HIM OFF THE BALL. NICHOLAS SALOPEK LOSES IT ON THE TAKEDOWN. GOOD DISRUPTION BY HAMLER GRADUATE WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE FOR THIS TEAM. AS YOU SEE COX TRIP TRYING TO CHASE THAT BALL OUT BEFORE IT ROLLS OVER THE FAR TOUCH. THROWING GOES TO THE BACK LOT OFF THE HEAD OF RECKLESS. RUINS NOW TRYING TO SWITCH THINGS UP AGAIN PUSHED BACK IN SPACE THINGS OUT AGAINST THIS. EI YOU PANTHERS. DEFENSIVE FRONT. PLAYING WITH A MIX OF TWO IN THE FRONT THREE IN THE MIDDLE TO MORE IN THE BACK AND THEN THREE ON THAT BACK LINE. OF COURSE, IT'S A FLUID GAME THAT CAN CHANGE AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE. BANNOCK WITH THE RIFLE. SHIPPED AWAY. BY CASEY WILL EGE. GO. C O BRIEN TRYING TO SPACE THE BALL BACK AS EVERYONE RESETS FOR ANOTHER CHANCE TO TRY AND TACK DOWN THE FIELD BACK CASE COCKS UP AHEAD TO WILSON AND MOVED OVER TO THE MIDDLE FOR CHEST ANY AS HE GOES WITH THE OUT CROSSOVER TO CLOTHE THE YEAR. SPACE GIVING CLOTHING MOVING, UPSIDES IT OFF, AND SAUNDERS READY TO RUN. GOOD SWITCH UP TO THE 18 DIALING IT BACK AGAIN ON HANDLER SERVICE INTO THE BOX, CHIPPED UP AND SHIPPED WIDE, RIGHT? LET'S SEE HERE. YOU KNOW, BRIAN. TRYING TO SEE IF IT WENT OFF OF ANYBODY AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT DID SO MARK THIS ONE, THE FIRST CORNER OF THE MATCH FOR BELMONT'S JANSEN WILSON. OR EXCUSE ME, MICHAEL SAUNDERS. ONE OF THE TWO SPECIALISTS ON THAT FRONT ALONGSIDE WILSON, SECOND LEADING ASSIST MAN FOR THE TEAM WITH THREE AND THREE GOALS. OVER 11 MINUTES INTO THE CONTEST. SAUNDERS THE ONLY MAN OVER IN THAT RIGHT CORNER. BRUINS SETTING UP EVERYTHING. JUST INSIDE THE SIX. VON ESSEN PLAYS THE MIDDLE CHEST IN A PLACE CLOSE TO THE LEFT POST. IT'S MADE OF CAREER OUT OF THAT SPOT. ONLY ONE GOAL FOR CHASTITY THIS YEAR. LET'S SEE IF HE CAN FIND THE RIGHT TOUCH FOR TWO BRIAN PLAYS IN THE MIDDLE. SERVICING BY SAUNDERS. THE HEADER UP DEFLECTED OUT OF THE WAY GOOD DEFENSE BY EASTERN ILLINOIS BUT BANNOCK OUT TO RECEIVE LOOKING TO SET UP ANOTHER TRY. SAUNDERS WITH GREAT CONTROL, GETTING THE STEP REACHING FOR THE TIP. NO. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SHOT HERE. A GOOD PIECE OF WOOD THERE OFF THE HEAD OF LIAM O'BRIEN. BUT A GOOD DISRUPTION OUT OF THE MIDDLE BY E. I USED BACK LINE AS THEY STAY WITH THEIR MARKS. NOW AFTER THAT SPOT FOUL, WE GET TO SEE BELMONT. TRY THIS FREE KICK SITUATION WITH SAUNDERS THIS TIME. VISUAL GETTING EVERYONE SPACED OUT. WANTS MAXWELL ALLEN TO PLAY AS THE FRONT MAN AGAINST MIKEY SAUNDERS. GOT HAMLER PLAYING UP ON THE 18 NEXT CLOSEST BREWING TO HIM. JANSEN WILSON, PLAYING JUST PAST THE HALF ARC. SERVICE IN LEFT SIDE, THE HEADER UP AND OVER THE CROSSBAR FOR CASE COX BOY. OH BOY THAT HAD SHADES OF USC WRITTEN ALL OVER IT FOR A MOMENT , BUT LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT HOW CLOSE THAT ONE WAS. YOU CAN SEE THE REACTION FOR CASE COX HE WAS FEELING HIMSELF ON THAT SITUATION. OKAY QUIET NOW, BIT OF A LATE JUMP IN THERE. YOU SEE THE TOUCH JUST OVER THE CROSSBAR . I US SENDS IT OFF. DOING GOOD WAY. AND SO NOW, LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO GO DOWN WITH THEIR OWN HANDLEY RIGS. RILEY THE BRUINS BEST MATCH DEFENSIVELY WAS THIS WEEKEND AND I KNOW I KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEKEND, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT COACH COST A REALLY HIGHLIGHTED IN OUR CONVERSATION EARLIER THIS WEEK AS WELL, HE SAID. HE'S REALLY WANTING TO SEE MORE FROM THE ATTACK SIDE OF THE BALL. OBVIOUSLY, DEFENSIVELY. THEY REALLY SHOWED OUT IN THAT GAME AND HOPING TO FINISH OUT STRONG HERE LAST GAME REGULAR SEASON RIGHT HERE AT ALL AT HOME AND SENDING THOSE SENIORS OFF. WELL, RILEY VERY GOOD POINT THERE. HANDLEY SOCHI THAT THIS DEFENSE CONTINUES TO HIT ALL THE RIGHT NOTES MUCH LIKE THEY DID WITH THAT DEFENSIVE GET RIGHT GAME. AGAINST THE SECOND TOP 20 TEAM TO COME TO US ROSE PARK AND NOT SCORE. REMEMBER THIS BELMONT DEFENSE HELD DOWN NUMBER 17 LIPSCOMB, WHO WAS AT THE TIME TOP 10 IN THE NATION. I BELIEVE THEY WERE NINTH AND GOALS SCORED AT THE TIME WITH 10 AS HE THE SHOT GO OFF OF THE CROSSBAR. OH MAN, ONE OF THESE HAS GOT TO GIVE IT SOME POINT THE BRUINS HAVE HAD OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND. ALL FIVE SHOTS IN THIS MATCH BELONGED TO BELMONT. CERTAINLY THE AGGRESSIVE START. YOU'RE HOPING FOR IF YOU'RE COACH COST , AND YOU CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL LIKE THE AMOUNT OF CHANCES THEY'RE GETTING. ONE OF THESE HAS GOT TO LAND AT SOME POINT. BUT LOOK AT THIS TICK HERE BY JANSEN WILSON. I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, HIS NICKNAME IS KISSED THE CROSS BAR THIS SEASON BECAUSE WILSON HAS BEEN SO CLOSE SO MANY TIMES, EVEN THOUGH HE DOESN'T HAVE A GOAL. HE IS THE LEADING. SHOOT I MEAN, SHOT TAKER. SORRY ENGLISH, BECAME A SECOND LANGUAGE FOR A SECOND THERE, BUT JANSEN WILSON LEADS THE TEAM IN SHOTS AND SHOTS ON GOAL THIS YEAR, AND YET HE'S ONLY GOT ZERO GOALS TO SHOW FOR IT, BUT YOU FEEL LIKE HE WILL GET THERE AT SOME POINT. JUST KEEP PUTTING HIMSELF IN A PROPER POSITION FOR THE AMOUNT OF LONG, TANTALIZING SHOTS HE'S TAKEN. YOU FEEL LIKE MAYBE HE'LL JUST GET ONE LUCKY REBOUND HERE AT SOME POINT IF YOU'RE A BELMONT FAN, AND YOU'VE SEEN JUST HOW CLOSE HE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF TIMES WITH THOSE TAX OFF OF THE MOUTH OF THE GOAL. CASE KOKSAL WIDE. USUALLY DOES MORE SCORING OFF OF THE HIS CRANIUM THAT HE DOES OFF HIS LEGS. BUT MAN WHEN HE'S IN THAT BOX, HE IS DANGEROUS AND HE DOES A GOOD JOB OF GETTING THEM OUT OF THE PRESSURE SITUATION. AS NOW YOU SEE THE RUN BACK THE OTHER WAY BY JULIAN SMITH, LOOKING OUT LEFT TO ECLIPSE IS MET BY CLOTHING PASS AROUND, BUT IT'S JUMPED ON AND TAKEN AWAY BY STEELY. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOT BETTER INSURANCE, STATE FARM OR DYLAN, STEELY AT THIS POINT IN HIS DEFENSE IS DYNAMITE. OKAY. VERY MUCH. THOSE OF YOU THAT MISSED THE FIRST COUPLE OF MINUTES JUST OVER 15 NOW INTO THE MATCH AND RILEY CHESTNUT AND OBVIOUSLY NO CHANGE IN THE SCORE SO FAR BETWEEN THE EU AND BELMONT, BUT THE BRUINS HAVE BEEN BUSY PUTTING UP SHOTS. ALL FIVE IN THIS MATCH BELONGING TO THE BOYS IN BELMONT, BLUE AND WHITE. FINAL REGULAR SEASON HOME MATCH HERE AT ROSE LOOKING TO SEE IF THIS COULD BE AN OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION OF A GAME THAT HELPS PUT THEM IN THE RIGHT MODE TO TAKE A FEW DAYS OFF AND THEN GO ON THE ROAD TO CLOSE THE REGULAR SEASON AGAINST THE VERY TEAM THAT'S IN THIRD PLACE IN FRONT OF THEM RIGHT NOW IS VON ESSEN SHOT FLIES WIDE OF THE GOAL. INVERNESS IN THE MOST AGGRESSIVE SHOTS HE'S TAKEN SINCE HE HAD SIX OF HIS EIGHT SHOTS ON GOAL OR EIGHT SHOTS OVERALL THIS SEASON. SIX OF THEM CAME IN THE FIRST TWO MATCHES. BUT SINCE THEN VON ESSEN AFTER HE WAS GIVEN A LOT LESS PLAYING TIME OFF. THE SECOND UNIT JUST WASN'T TAKING A LOT OF SHOTS WASN'T REALLY BEING PUT IN A LOT OF SITUATIONS TO TAKE A LOT OF SHOTS. BUT SINCE HE'S MOVED BACK TO THE STARTING LINEUP NOW, MAKING HIS FOURTH STRAIGHT START LOOKING FOR A SHOT TONIGHT, UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE SEEN BEFORE, EVEN IN THE PREVIOUS THREE STARTS HE'S HAD LEADING INTO TONIGHT'S CONTEST. VON ESSEN. HUNGARY HAS ANYBODY TO TRY AND GET THAT FIRST GOAL AT THE D ONE LEVEL. AND WHY NOT? THE MAN SCORED A TON OF THEM FOR LAKE ERIE COLLEGE IN THE GMAC AS A D TWO SOCCER PLAYER WAS ONE OF THE BEST D TWO COLLEGIATE SOCCER SCORES AND ALL OF THE NATION OVER HIS TIME AT L. E. C. AS YOU SEE THE CALL GO AGAINST HIM OFFSIDES? YEAH MAN. OH, MAN. HE IS HUNTING FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY HERE WANTED TO SEE IF HE CAN TAKE CHAD SMITH TO TASK. AS YOU SEE, GRANT CALVERT ALL THE WAY OVER. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD WILL CHAT. SMITH SETS UP TO FREE KICK THIS ONE AWAY AFTER THE OFFSIDES CALL. CALVERT HASN'T HAD TO DO MUCH SO FAR IN HIS FIRST CAREER GAME PLAYED JUST KIND OF MAKE SURE THE DEFENSE IS IN PROPER POSITION AS HE STANDS OVER THE PENALTY MARKER. NOW WE'RE IN THERE HALF AND WE STAY. THE OTHER WAY. ECCLES KEEPS IT IN. UNTIL HE DOESN'T TAKE IT BACK TO BACK WHITE. COME ON, PRICK. THE PATIENT EVERYTHING SO MUCH TO DIGEST HERE. MAN FULL SEASON HERE OF ROSE ALREADY IN THE BOOKS STILL SEEING SHADES OF OPENING NIGHT AGAINST SOUTHERN INDIANA. OKAY REALLY GOES BY QUICKLY, THAT'S FOR SURE. BUT NOW THE BRUINS ARE TRYING TO GO BY THE DEFENSE QUICKLY AS THE SHOT BY CHASTITY LANDS RIGHT IN THE FACE OF SMITH, AND HE TAKES DOWN THAT HARD NUCLEAR MISSILE, THOUGH SINCE STRAIGHT TOWARDS HIS HEAD. I MEAN, THAT WAS A DANGEROUS SHOT BY AJ CHASTAIN'S WHO HAS NOT HAD AS MANY SHOTS TAKEN THIS YEAR AFTER HITTING 30 OF THEM WAS 17 ON TARGET JUST A SEASON AGO. JUST HAS NOT GRAVITATED TOWARDS HIM LIKE IT HAS IN THE PAST, AND HE HAS NOT BEEN GETTING A LOT OF CLOSE RANGE MARKS. WHEN YOU HAVE GUYS LIKE CASE COX, WHO HAVE REALLY STEPPED TO THE PLATE AS ONE OF THE TEAM LEADERS IN GOALS SCORED AND ONE OF THE BEST GOAL SCORES IN THE NBC, ALBEIT THREE OF HIS FOUR GOALS CAME IN ONE MATCH AGAINST YOU. I SEE A TEAM THAT BELMONT LOOKS LIKE THEY COULD FACE IN THE FIRST ROUND THE POST SEASON IN THE NBC TOURNAMENT. AS YOU SEE THE SPLIT PAST GOING BACK TO THE SIX. IT'S AROUND THE BY AND IT GOES BACK OUT AFTER SMITH SENDS IT AWAY. PANIC WITH A QUICK THROW IN BELMONT WANTS TO KEEP THIS TEMPLE UP. I DON'T BLAME HIM. THE C I U TEAM SO FAR IS TRYING TO MATCH THEIR SPEED. ALL RIGHT. BRUINS SWITCHING AGAIN, SAUNDERS GOING DIRECT SHOOTS IT AND IT IS DOPE FOR AND SAVED ON THE LEFT SIDE BY CHAD SMITH, AT LEAST TO HIS LEFT, BUT BOY IS GETTING TESTED. MUCH LIKE THE NUMBERS SUGGEST HE'S FACED A LOT OF SHOTS. THIS YEAR'S ACCRUED A LOT OF SAVES FOR IT. ALLOW YOU AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER CORNER TRY FOR BELMONT OR THE OTHER IF THEY'RE GONNA COME DOWN. JUST OVER 20 MINUTES INTO THE MATCH HERE TODAY. BRUINS ALREADY SETTING UP SHOP HERE. MICHAEL SAUNDERS, WHICH CHURCH ENGLAND KID IN HIS THIRD SEASON. TRYING TO FIND THE MAGIC TOUCH LEFT SIDE THE HEADERS UP AND IT BOUNCES JUST OVER THE GOAL. MY GOODNESS. EVERYONE STILL DEFLECTED AWAY OFF OF A PANTHER, AND IT'S ANOTHER CORNER TRY FOR THE BRUINS. E I U HAS HAD TO PLAY SOME REALLY ALERT DEFENSE HERE TONIGHT SO FAR, BUT MEN THEY HAVE HELD THEIR OWN. SAUNDERS READY. LEFT SIDE. THE HEADER BY STEELY GOES OVER EVERYBODY. YOU DON'T MIND GOING TO STEELY THERE. HE DOES HAVE A GOAL AND AN ASSIST TO HIS NAME, AND THAT GOAL DID COME AGAINST PURDUE FOR WAYNE OFF OF THIS VERY SITUATION. CORNER, TRY BUT MAN. BRUINS HAVE HAD A LOT TO SHOW SO FAR OFFENSIVELY, BUT NOTHING TO LAND. AND SO GIVE CREDIT TO THE PANTHERS. THEY ARE BRINGING SOME GOOD STUFF ON DEFENSE SO FAR, BUT YOU CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL LIKE IT'S ALSO BEEN A MATTER OF EXECUTION FOR BELMONT HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF SET PIECE CHANCES, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE KEYS. WE ALLUDED TO JUST WAITING TO SEE IF THEY CAN TACK IT ON HERE AFTER THE FOUL CALL AGAINST THE BRUINS. THAT WAS A LIGHT TAP FROM HANDLER, BUT HE GETS THE BALL MOVING. BRUCE OVER TO HAMLER. THERE'S A TAKEAWAY, AND NOW THE BELMONT BRUINS ARE RUNNING WITH THE RIGHT SIDE ADVANTAGE. OH, BOY. O BRIEN SLIDING FOR THAT BALL GRACEFUL AS A SWAN, BUT THE BALL IS ONE BY EI. YOU. NO. COME ON. HE'S GOING UP FOR THE CHIP AGAINST CLOTHIER WHO HAS BEEN HIS MAIN MARKER SO FAR ON DEFENSE AND RILEY CLOTHIER, NO STRANGER TO BIG MATCHUPS. AS A FRESHMAN, HE HAS BEEN TESTED, BUT HE HAS HELD HIS OWN. YOU CAN REMEMBER THE LIPS TO MATCH WHEN HE PLAYED AGAINST TYRIE SPICER THAT SPEEDY LEAD SCORE. AND THE ACE ON PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN THE PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR PICK THIS YEAR IN THE A SON AND CLOTHING OR SHUT HIM DOWN PRETTY WELL AND KEPT UP WITH HIS SIGNATURE SPEED. REALLY SINCE THAT MOMENT, PROBABLY CLAUDIA HAS MORE THAN PROVEN HE CAN HANDLE HIS ASSIGNMENTS, EVEN THOUGH HE'S ONLY IN HIS FIRST YEAR AS A COLLEGIATE STARTER. BUT I GUESS IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE CHICKEN AND THE EGG SCENARIO. THE REASON HE'S STARTING EVERY MATCH IS A FRESHMAN IS BECAUSE OF MOMENTS LIKE THIS. REALLY HIM AND DYLAN STEEL. WE HAVE DONE SOME PRETTY NICE WORK IN THEIR FIRST YEAR AS FULL TIME PLAYERS. THERE'S THE FIRST CATCH. FOR GRANT CALVERT, AND HE GETS THE BALL ROLLING OVER THE CLOTHING. SURE HE'S BEEN WAITING FOR THAT FIRST TOUCH. WHAT A MOMENT FOR BACK TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FIELD. GOOD CONTROL BY WILSON AS HE MOTORS IT UP. SPLITS IT OUT TO CHASTITY. HE SHOOTS AND THAT ONE SALES OVER THE CROSSBAR. ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS THAT LONG SHOT SO FAR FOR BELMONT WITH THAT MIX OF SET PIECE STYLE. NOW, AS YOU SEE THE PANTHERS WITH THEIR ONE COACH, HEAD COACH, JOSH OAKLEY, HAVING A CHAT WITH ONE OF HIS GUYS MEUNIER SHERALI OUT OF EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN. LOOKS LIKE HE'S READY TO MAKE A CHANGE AFTER GIVING SOME INSTRUCTION. AND OUT OF THE MATCH IS CASEY WILL ITCH AND INTO THE MATCH IS MEUNIER SHERALI. WATCH THEM. COME ON SOMEONE. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO CORRECT CASEY WILL AJI SUBBED OUT OF THE MATCH. SORRY FOR THE MISPRONUNCIATIONS. IF THERE WILL ADJUST, ARE WATCHING. WE'LL BE SURE TO GET THAT RIGHT. YES. FIRST CLASS HERE. CLOTHING UP AGAIN. OVER TO SAUNDERS. SAUNDERS TURNS CROSSES IT UP TO THE SIX BUT IT IS DEFLECTED OUT OF THERE. PANTHERS STAY ON TARGET STEELY WINS THE BALL BACK AND FIRES AN EARLY SERVICE ROUTE TO THE 18 BEFORE IT'S HEADED OFF . BY NICHOLAS SALOPEK. GETTING A TASTE OF THE BALL OVER TO SAUNDERS AGOS. BYE. SAUNDERS COULDN'T GET AROUND TO TAKE AWAY THEIR BY SALOPEK. KICK IT OUT FIGHTING WITH JENSON WILSON, WHO'S PLAYING ON OUR SIDE, THE TOUCH LINE NOW. ON S N BACK TO SAUNDERS WITH THE NICE STRETCH BARS BEHIND THE BACK. ONLY 20 MINUTES LEFT NOW IN THIS FIRST HALF, AND I THOUGHT I SAW GRABBED FROM BEHIND ON THE COLLAR OF MICHAEL SAUNDERS BY JULIAN SMITH. BUT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS A WELL TIMED TOUCH THE STEP AROUND THE BALL AS CHESTER NAME MOVES IT UP TRYING THAT THROUGH BALL TO VON ESSEN. EVERY TIME VON ESSEN ALMOST GETS THAT CONNECTION. LITERALLY STOPS IN HIS TRACKS. YOU CAN SEE HIM PONDERING FOR A MOMENT. JUST WHAT COULD HAVE COME IN THAT CONNECTION WAS MADE STILL SO HUNGRY FOR THAT FIRST STRIKE AS A D ONE PLAYER, YOU LOVE TO SEE IT. THE ENERGY, THE HEART AND HUSTLE THAT VON ESSEN BRINGS NOW BEING UPGRADE TO THE STARTING LINEUP AS OF LATE. ALL RIGHT. SIGHTED OFF TO ECCLES, PLEASE KEEPING IT TAKES THE BOOT AND IT ROLLS AWAY FROM THE RIGHT POST. NOT A REAL TEST THERE FOR GRANT CALVERT, BUT HE GAVE IT THE EFFORT. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A FEW BRUINS. ONE BRUIN AND ONE PANTHER WAITING TO SUB IN DAVIS SETTLEMENT ON YOUR SCREEN DID NOT PLAY LAST MATCH VERSUS MISSOURI STATE. HE IS BACK ON THE PITCH. TAKING OVER FOR IN VON ESSEN. ON S AND AGGRESSIVE. UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY IN HIS RUN OF FOUR STRAIGHT STARTS TAKING TWO SHOTS. A COUPLE OF CLOSE ONES, SOME PRETTY GOOD SETUPS OFF THE LEFT EDGES OF THE SIX BUT NOTHING LANDING YET. WE ARE 18.5 MINUTES AWAY FROM INTERMISSION. NO SCORE ON THIS CHILLY NASHVILLE NIGHT WITH BEANIES ABOUND, BUT THE CROWDS STILL ON HAND IN GOOD FORM AND FASHION. WOW THAT WAS A NICE HEADER THERE FROM SALOPEK OUT OF CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA. NOT THE RIGHT FLAVOR THERE ON THAT TOUCH BY CLOTHING. AND NOW HE I YOU WATCHING THE SHOW GO FROM BEHIND AS WILSON COMES UP LIMP AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO CALL THE FOUL AGAINST BELMONT'S JANSEN. WILSON GOT ONE FOR YOU. KNOW 98.7. OH, MY GOD. FIGHTING. MCCLELLAN EXPLAIN. YEAH. HERE WE ARE THE FIRST REAL BIT OF TENSION WE'VE SEEN OUT HERE TODAY AS YOU TAKE A LOOK BACK ON. THE REPLAY IS STILL VERY MUCH IN PLAY FOR BOTH SIDES, BUT NOT A LOT OF CONTACT TO BE MADE THERE WITH THE ACTUAL BALL FROM BEHIND. TO REALLY UNCONVINCING FOUL TO GIVE TO JANSEN WILSON. NOW THE BRUINS MOVED THAT BALL ALONG THEIR BACK LINE STEELY LOOKING AHEAD TO CLOTHIERS SLIDING TO SET UP THAT PASS. GOOD HOP ON IT BY ALAN THERE YOU SEE THE WHISTLE CALLED AGAIN. ANOTHER FOUL GIVEN TO THE BRUINS HERE AS YOU'VE GOT, TEAM CAPTAIN J. P. R. BREWSTER WAITING TO CHECK INTO HIS FINAL REGULAR SEASON HOME MATCH. WHILE YOU GOT WILLIAM BRUCE SOPHOMORE DEFENDER 21ST CAREER START. MAJORITY STARTER OVER HIS CAREER IN 28 CAREER MATCHES TOTAL, SENDING ONE OVER TO THE 18 BEFORE IT'S CHIPPED AWAY. RIGHT NOW. IT'S GOOD TOUCHES HERE BY GUYS LIKE KYLE BARKS WHO IS SUCH A KEY CARD TO THE SYSTEM THAT THE BRUINS PLAY WITH, EVEN IF HE DOESN'T GET MOST OF THE BIG, SEXY NUMBERS. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY ACCOUNT FOR THE STAT SHEET. NOW YOU SEE HIM SWITCH WITH THE USUAL PIVOT CAPTAIN, JP ARM, BREWSTER. NUMBER 11 CONEY. GREW IN NUMBER SIX. HERBERT SAGEM ALOMA CHECKING IN PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA. KEEP UPSIDE SURE HOW THEY DO IN SOCCER, BUT CERTAINLY YOU CAN WATCH INVICTUS AND UNDERSTAND THEY LOVE THEIR RUGBY. EITHER WAY. WHAT A JUMP FOR THAT YOUNG MAN, MR MELO, MAMA ALL THE WAY FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO PLAYING HERE IN THE STATES IN THE HEARTLANDS OF CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS. CULTURE SHOCK THE RACE, JUDE SPOOLING ER OUT OF BLUFFTON, OHIO, TWISTING AROUND DODGING TRAFFIC BALL KNOCKED OUT OF HIS GRIP AND THEN TAKEN AWAY BY THE BRUINS AS THEY BROUGHT NUMBERS AND ONE THE POSSESSION. WORRIED THERE FOR A MOMENT WITH A COUPLE PANTHERS FALLING, MAYBE TRYING TO SELL TO THE OFFICIAL THAT THERE WAS A WHISTLE TO BE EARNED IN THE BOX. BUT ARE ALL OFFICIAL NOT FALLING FOR? IT IS NOW THAT BALL ROLLS STRAIGHT INTO THE LAP OF GRANT CALVERT. CALVERT OUT IS STILL WELL. KANSAS TRANSFER INTO THE PROGRAM. PART OF THE SAINT LOUIS BILLIKENS, NC DOUBLE A TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINAL QUALIFIER LAST YEAR ALONG WITH BRUIN NUMBER SEVEN. SAM ROWAN. WITH A LOT MORE PLAYING TIME THAN GRANT CALVERT SO FAR THIS SEASON AND GRANT CALVERT FIRST REAL MINUTES OF HIS COLLEGIATE CAREER HAPPENING RIGHT IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT. HEY, PETE, YOU HEAR ME? NOW WE SEE THE BRUINS PUSH AHEAD WITH DESTINY. SLIPS THROUGH A COUPLE OF PRANCING PANTHERS AND HERE COME THE BRUINS AT THE LEFT SIDE. CHIPPED AWAY BY HAMLER BEFORE WE SEE THE JUMP ON IT BY CASE. COX IN THE LEFT CORNER CONCOCTS. GET AROUND HIMMLER. ALL HAMLER FALLING ON THE BALL. CAN IT KEEP IT IN? WE CANNOT. IT'S A CORNER. TRY AND WITH THAT CORNER, WHY DON'T WE GO DOWN TO HANLEY RIGS? RILEY I WAS ABLE TO TALK WITH LIAM O'BRIEN EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND HE TALKED A LOT ABOUT WHAT IT TOOK TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT GAME THIS WEEKEND AND HOPEFULLY BRINGING IT INTO THIS GAME AND I THINK YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF IT, HE SAID. HE REALLY WANTS OUR TEAM TO BE VOCAL, MENTALLY TOUGH AND JUST LOCKED IN AND BEING SELFLESS AND REALLY WORKING FOR EACH OTHER. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY COMING TO FRUITION TONIGHT IN THIS GAME. RILEY. THANK YOU, HANLEY. ANOTHER SET PIECE OPPORTUNITY. WASHED AWAY BY EI USE FRONT. AND NOW THE BRUINS LOOK TO COUNTERACT AGAIN. THE CHIP INTO THE BOX HEADED OFF BEFORE IT COULD FIND STEELY. STILL ANYONE'S GAME ON THE RIGHT SIDE CLOTHING, SERVES IT IN AND STEAL THE SHOOTS ACROSS THE MOUTH OF THE GOAL BEFORE IT ROLLS OUT. AND SAUNDERS, TRACK IT DOWN. YOU BETCHA. OVER TO THE LEFT SIDE. SHIPPED ACROSS THE GOAL, THE HEADERS UP IN ITS OVER THE CROSSBAR. OH, MAN! ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. THIS ONE. BELONGING TO A J CHEST IN A IN THE AREA THAT HE HAS MADE HIS MOST OFFENSIVE IMPACT OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER ANYWHERE IN THE SIX FT AND UNDER HOSNI IS YOUR MAN. LIAM O'BRIEN CHECKING OUT HERE AS HANLEY CERTAINLY MADE A GREAT POINT. THE LEADERSHIP OF O'BRIEN RESONATING WITH THE REST OF THE TEAM THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE MORE VOCAL TAKE MORE RESPONSIBILITY AND, OF COURSE, HANDLED THEIR BUSINESS. AND AFTER THE WAY THE DEFENSE CERTAINLY HANDLED THERE'S AGAINST MISSOURI STATE. THE SECOND TIME AGAIN THIS SEASON AS YOU SEE THAT SERVICE ACROSS THE MOUTH OF THE GOLD TO TRY AND FIND CHASSIS. WE JUST COULDN'T GET HIS HEAD DOWN OR FORWARD ENOUGH TO REALLY PUT THAT BALL IN THE PREMIUM SPOT UNDER THE CROSSBAR. TOUGH MARK HERE, BUT ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT THE BRUINS DO HOPE TO GET MORE OF AN EVENTUALLY CAPITALIZE ON WITH 12 SHOTS SO FAR TO THE PANTHERS WON EDELMAN. A LITTLE TOUCH OVER COX SHOOTS IT. AND IT IS SAVED IN. NO, IT IS NOT. HE THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT THAT BALL GET OUT OF WAY IN, THE OFFICIAL SAYS, SO, SO MAKE IT ANOTHER CORNER. TRY FOR BELMONT. THAT IS THE FIFTH CORNER ALREADY IN THIS MATCH FOR THE BRUINS. ALL FIVE CORNERS IN THIS MATCH BELONGING TO BELMONT. AND THEY GO FOR THE SHORT ONE. ANOTHER HIGH SHOT BY SAUNDERS BOY. OH, BOY, ONE OF THESE IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO MAKE THINGS INTERESTING. CERTAINLY CAN'T BE FRUSTRATED WITH THE AMOUNT OF SHOTS THE BRUINS ARE GETTING. BUT THE PLAYERS THEMSELVES ARE CERTAINLY FRUSTRATED BY THE LACK OF FINISHES HERE IN THAT FINAL TOUCH THAT'S BEEN MISSING SO FAR ON THIS CHILLY NIGHT THAT RESEMBLES MORE OF A STAGE IN DECEMBER, DOES ANYTHING THAT WE'VE HAD PRIOR HERE AT E S ROSE PARK. GOOD HEADER BY STEELY AS ONE OF THE EIGHT PLUS MARKS OF HIS GAME REALLY GETS UP THERE. 50 50 BALLS, JP AL BANICK. TOUCH UP AHEAD TO COX. COX, MOVING INM NANA NEURO FRIMPONG. LET HIM GET ROUND. WILSON. GET UP, CLOTHIER. ACROSS THE BOX HEADER MISSED TRYING TO FIND LEYVA. LIKE TOUCH, BUT IT'S TAKEN AWAY AGAIN. BRUINS HAVE SHOWN THEY CAN TAKE THE BALL BACK IN THE ATTACKING THIRD. BUT CAN THEY FINISH? SAUNDERS TAKES IT IN THE SHOT GOES OFF THE LEFT POST WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM SMITH. YOU CAN SEE THE REACTION OF BELMONT'S COACHES. THEY'RE ALL SMILING RIGHT NOW. LIKE THIS IS INSANE. OH MAN, MAKE IT ANOTHER CORNER KICK FOR BELMONT. BUT WHAT A DIVE TO THE RIGHT BY CHAD SMITH. HOLY COW. ONE OF THESE IF YOU'RE A BELMONT FAN OR THE BELMONT COACHES, YOU JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S COMING. CAN'T GET THIS MANY SHOTS WITHOUT ONE OF THEM. GOING IN THE NET IS THEIR HYPOTHESIS. FOR THE MOST PART, YOU'VE SEEN ENOUGH THESE GAMES? I'D AGREE. SERVICED IN BY STEELY SAVED BY SMITH HEADED OFF THE CROSSBAR AND THEN FINALLY, MRS OVER THE TOP OF THE CROSSBAR. YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. MIKE. WOW. OH, MY GOD. OH MY GOODNESS. EVERYONE HOPPING MAD RIGHT NOW. AS YOU GET A LOOK AT THIS SEQUENCE. WHAT A SAVE BOTH BY SMITH AND THEN BY NUMBER 24 JUNE SPA LINGER AND THEN THE FINAL HEADER SINCE CHASTITY FUMING AS IT GOES OVER THE CROSSBAR AGAIN. WOW. STOCK HERE, TALK HERE. 27 7. THANKS FOR YOUR HANDS DOWN. YOU CAN'T CALL THAT HOLY COW. WE HAVE SEEN MORE SHOTS TAKEN HERE THAN AT ANY POINT REALLY ENTIRE SEASON FOR BELMONT. IF YOU'RE JUST TUNING IN, FOLKS, I'M RILEY CHESTNUT. HOW DO YOU DO? BUT MAN, THE BRUINS HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF SHOTS SO FAR. HAVEN'T HAD ONE THAT LANDED YET AS THEY TAKE THAT SHOT WIDE LEFT OF THE POST ON THE ATTACK FROM LEYVA. LET HIM JOIN THE LIST HERE AS LOOK AT THE SHOT COUNT RIGHT NOW, LET ME GIVE IT TO YOU. IT IS 16 TO 1 BELMONT. THEY HAVE GOT ALL SIX CORNERS IN THIS MATCH, BUT IT'S CHAD SMITH. THAT'S GOT SIX SAVES ON THE SIXTH SHOTS ON GOAL AND HE'S HAD A LOT OF TRAFFIC THROWN HIS WAY. BUT BOY HAS HE DELIVERED THE GOODS AS YOU SEE. THE TEAM'S LEADING SCORER FOR EASTERN ILLINOIS. MR SAM, PLEASE FROM SHEFFIELD, WALES, ENGLAND, CHECK OUT OF THE MATCH AND SAM ROWAN CHECKING FOR BELMONT ALONG WITH NOBODY ELSE. I THOUGHT I SAW NUMBER 19 OUT THERE. BUT BROCK KIPPERS NOT OUT THERE YET. SO HERE COMES CLOTHIER UP THE RIGHT SIDE AGAIN, SPACES IT UP AHEAD BACK KICK BY WILSON AND CLOTHIERS RUNNING. BACK ACROSS THE FIELD. IT'S CHEST IN A CHASSIS, KNEE AND LOADS, BUT IT'S HEADED OUT OF THE WAY BY NUMBER FIVE. DELPHI'S SABU. NOW THERE'S A RETURN COMING HERE FOR EASTERN ILLINOIS IS LET'S SAY GOMBE ALOMA. TRAFFIC HE COULDN'T GET IT OUT OF THE WAY IN ARMED BREWSTER WITH A NICE TIP WINS POSSESSION. WILSON BACK SQUARE PAST THE CHASSIS ANY IS HE NOW PLAYS FURTHER UP. ARMED BREWSTER OR EDELMAN. THE LEFT SIDE OF THE 18 DANCING AROUND. GIVEN IT BACK TO ROWAN CALVERT. THOSE ST LOUIS TRANSFERS THAT WE'VE MENTIONED A FEW TIMES ALREADY. ROWAN WITH HAIR IS BRIGHT AS THE SUN SENDING IT TO COX, WHO SHOOTS A LASER RIGHT TO SMITH OVER ON THAT NEAR POST, BUT CHAD SMITH HAS DONE SOME DANDY WORK HERE TONIGHT. IN THIS FIRST HALF. STILL WITH THE AMOUNT OF SHOTS AT THE BRUINS HAVE TAKEN. THIS IS JUST AN ABSURD TOTAL HERE. THIS HAS GOT TO BE A SEASON HIGH AND PROBABLY THE MOST THAT THE BELMONT BRUINS HAVE HAD IN THE FIRST HALF YEAR IN ROWS AND A NUMBER OF YEARS. 17 SHOTS IN THE FIRST HALF FOR BELMONT, AND THIS TEAM CAME INTO TONIGHT'S MATCH, AVERAGING JUST ONE CLICK SHORT OF 10. SAFE TO SAY THAT AVERAGE IS GOING UP. WITH 6.5 MINUTES TO GO. THE BRUINS ARE READY TO SEND IN SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T GET A LOT OF TIME ON THE PITCH, BUT CERTAINLY HAS ONE HECK OF A SIDE HOBBY. COREY LAVENDER NUMBER 22 CHECKING IN FOR JANSEN WILSON. LAVENDER WHEN HE'S NOT WORKING AS A SOCCER PLAYER OR BEING ON THE BELMONT SOCCER TEAM. HE FLIPS HOUSES. WHAT A SIDE GIG. YOU CAN GO ON HIS INSTAGRAM IF YOU WANT TO THIS MAN DOES SOME DANDY WORK, BUYING HOUSES AND FLIPPING THEM AROUND WITH SOME NEAT RENOVATIONS. OKAY OKAY. YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR, TO SAY THE LEAST, THAT'S FOR SURE. AND ONE OF THE SENIORS THAT WAS HONORED THIS PAST SUNDAY. SENIOR DAY VERSUS MISSOURI STATE. BUT AS WE ALLUDED AFTER THAT, MISS CONNECTION ROLLS RIGHT TO SMITH, LAVENDER DOESN'T PLAY A LOT OVERALL IN HIS CAREER. NOW, AS A SENIOR MIDFIELDER, THIS IS ONLY HIS 16TH MATCH PLAYED. GRANTED AT THE LAVENDERS ARE LISTENING RIGHT NOW. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR SON GET HIS BIG SHOW ON H G T V ONE DAY FLIPPING HOUSES. WAIT, WAIT. SO HERE COMES THE ATTACK BY BELMONT'S CASE. COX RAN INTO A BUZZ SAW AND IT COST HIM. TRYING TO GET THAT BALL BACK. DODGING THERE. LET'S PRESS BACK TO LEYVA. HE'S GOT LAVENDER OUT WIDE SETS HIM UP. SERVICE IN ACROSS THE GOAL ROLLED OUT OVER THE END LINE. EDELMAN DID NOT GET TO THE SPOT IN TIME. GRANTED THAT SHOT WOULD HAVE BEEN HARD TO CATCH. THE OUTER CURL FROM COREY LAVENDER. NOT OFTEN. HE GETS TO TAKE A SHOT, BUT BOIL BOY PUT SOME GOOD TOUCH ON THAT ONE UP UNTIL THE LAST LITTLE TUCK AND ROLL. 100,000 WITH 4.5 MINUTES TO GO IN THIS FIRST HALF , THE BRUINS COME UP EMPTY ON ANOTHER ATTACK A CHANCE. FOR EASTERN ILLINOIS. THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE KIND OF PICK ME UP THAT THIS PROGRAM IS LOOKING FOR ENTERING WITH ONLY ONE WIN. AND THEIR 1ST 13 MATCHES. AND WITH TWO MORE CONFERENCE MATCHES TO PLAY THEIR CHANCES OF MAKING THE SUMMIT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT PRETTY MUCH SLIM AND NONE AND SLIM LEFT TOWN A LONG TIME AGO. BUT IF THEY CAN BUILD OFF OF THIS PERFORMANCE HERE, EVEN WITH ALL THE SHOTS THEY'VE GIVEN UP AND THEN MAYBE PULL OFF TWO WINS TO END THE SEASON. THEY HAVE SOME MOMENTUM ENTERING THE OFF SEASON AND ENTERING 2023. BECAUSE SAY EVERYONE ELSE LOSES OUT THE TOP FOUR AT THE BOTTOM FOR HIS CHEST , KNEES SHOT GOES OVER THE TOP LEFT CROSSBAR AGAIN. CHASTITY HAS TAKEN A TON OF SHOTS. FROM INSIDE THE POST OUTSIDE THE POST AROUND THE POST EVERYWHERE TONIGHT, IT'S THE MOST SHOTS. WE'VE SEEN HIM TAKING A GOOD LONG WHILE LOOKING MORE LIKE HIS 2021 SELF. WHEN HE SHOT 17 OF 30 SHOTS ON GOAL, TWO SHOTS OVERALL. BUT HE IS HUNTING FOR THAT SECOND GOAL. WANTS THAT GAME WINNER TO HIS CREDIT. IF THIS DEFENSE CAN HOLD DOWN EASTERN ILLINOIS WHICH WOULD THE OFFENSE PERFORMING THE WAY IT IS ? THE DEFENSE HASN'T HAD TO REALLY PUT THEMSELVES IN A PRECARIOUS POSITION. ONLY THREE MINUTES LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF HERE IN THE HOME REGULAR SEASON FINALE AT ROSE BELMONT AND EASTERN ILLINOIS. TWO TEAMS THAT USED TO BE PRIMARILY IN THE OVC , EASTERN ILLINOIS STILL IS EXCEPT FOR MEN'S SOCCER THE BRUINS CAN RELATE TO SINCE THEY HAD TO PLAY AS AFFILIATES OF THE SO CON FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE THEY JOINED THE NBC AND GIVEN FULL MEMBERSHIP. IT'S CERTAINLY RELATE TO THE STRUGGLE OF BEING AN OUTSIDE PROGRAM WHEN EVERYONE ELSE IS PLAYING THE SAME OPPONENTS. MAYBE THAT'S A FACTOR TO CONSIDER FOR THIS EASTERN ILLINOIS TEAM WHEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE ROAD TRIPS TO DENVER. IT'S NOT EASY. LAVENDER TRYING TO TRACK THE BALL DOWN, COULDN'T SAVE IT IN OVER THE NEAR TOUCHLINE POSSESSION GOES BACK TO THE PANTHERS AS THEY'RE READY TO SEND IN ADRIAN LECHUGA FROM ROMEOVILLE, ILLINOIS. COMING OUT FOR THE PANTHERS. YOU HAVE LET'S SAY GOMBE ALOMA, SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVE. 17. BUT WOW, WHAT A FIRST HALF OFFENSIVELY IN TERMS OF SHOTS FOR BELMONT. AND I'M SURE THERE'S AN OLD MOVIE. I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE. IT REALLY CAN'T BE AS GOOD AS IT GETS. DEFINITELY NOT AS GOOD AS IT GETS WAS A MOVIE. ON JACK NICHOLSON IS THIRD AND FINAL OSCAR NOW WE GET READY FOR A FREE KICK FROM CLOTHING. UNDER 90 SECONDS LEFT AND CHASTITY IS RUNNING ON THAT RIGHT SIDE OF THE 18 SERVICE TO THE LEFT HEADER UP FOR COX. TOO MUCH ARC GETS OUT OF THE WAY. THERE WAS NO DOUBT NOW THE TAKE BACK HERE. LOOK AT THE SHIFTY WORK THERE TO GET TACKLED JUST ON THE EDGE OF THE 18. NO FLAG. NOTHING NO, NO WAVE OF THE ARM. I FEEL EXCITED. SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY HAVE FELT LIKE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED. GOOD HEADER FOR EASTERN ILLINOIS AS THEY CONTINUE TO PLAY PHYSICAL. BE HITTING ALL THE RIGHT NOTES DEFENSIVELY TO REALLY TAKE AWAY A SHUTOUT IN THE FIRST HALF AGAINST BELMONT DESPITE GIVING UP 18 SHOTS. ONLY ONE TO THE PANTHERS CREDITS. THAT SHOT GOES INTO THE BOX BEFORE IT'S HEADED OUT OF THE WAY TOO CLOSE HERE. LAVENDER. THE 18 GOOD HEADER BY HAMLER UNDER 20 SECONDS LEFT. AND IT LOOKS LIKE EASTERN ILLINOIS AND BELMONT ARE ON THEIR WAY TO A SCORELESS FIRST HALF. 10 987. 101. AND THAT'S THE END OF THE FIRST HALF. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, NO SCOR TRANSPORT THR OFFENSIVE AGGRESSIVENESS INTO OFFENSIVE SUCCESS HERE IN THE SECOND HALF AS THEY GET READY FOR THE SECOND HALF KICKOFF. THE FOOT OF JANSEN WILSON. YOU CAN SEE EVERYONE JUST TRYING TO KEEP WARM OUT THERE. WOULD YOU JUST LET ALONE? AND THERE WE HAVE IT OFF AND RUNNING WITH THE BRUINS NOW SWITCH TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PITCH. PRINCE GEORGE. WALKING UP. LOST. HEADER BY COX GOES OUT WIDE. STAYS WITH THE BRUINS AFTER IT'S RULED. THE NUMBER 12 TRAIN GORA. GORA. PLAYING THE FULL 45 IN THAT FIRST HALF. GRANT CALVERT. BEING TOLD. LOOK AT RILEY, LOOK AT RILEY. SHOOTS IT OVER EVERYBODY AS ITS CHESTED OFF BY VAN ESSEN OR VON ESSEN. STEALING BACK THE OTHER WAY, TRYING TO FIND VON ESSEN. BUT BRUCE IS THERE FIRST. FINDERS KEEPERS, I GUESS. THINGS MOVING ALONG VERY SLOWLY, BUT THE PURPOSE IN POSSESSION PLAYING INTO THE CARDS OF EI, YOU SHE CAN IMAGINE. WE'LL LOOK TO LIMIT THE SHOTS THAT WERE GIVEN UP COMPARED TO THE 18 OR 19 THAT THEY GAVE AWAY IN THE FIRST HALF TO BELMONT. VISUAL COUNT WILL STICK WITH 19. LOOKS MORE IMPOSING. TIME TO SET UP SHOP FOR A THROW IN HERE. GOOD TO SEE A LOT OF THROW INS IN THAT FIRST HALF. NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT MAYBE I'M JUST GOING CRAZY, BUT I DON'T RECALL SEEING A LOT OF THESE SITUATIONS COME UP HERE FOR BELMONT. AND SO DYLAN STEELY NOW SET UP WITH THE SECOND STRAIGHT. YOU WERE TOP ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT UNTIL YOU NOTICE HOW OFTEN IT'S GONE. TRYING TO FIND COX. IT'S HEADED AROUND CLOTHING OR TRYING TO KICK IT AROUND AND KEEP THE BALL. FORCED OUT AND IT STAYS WITH THE IU. HELP SET UP A NICE VIEW FOR CHAD SMITH AS HE GETS READY TO UNLOAD ONE BACK TO THE IU OFFENSE THAT ONLY MANAGED TO GET ONE SHOT OUT AND THAT 1ST 45 DON'T BE AWARE. DOWNFIELD. THE CHIP FLAGGED DOWN BY BANNOCK. WE HAD A VERY NICE PROFILE DONE ON HIM BY THAT YOUNG MAN I TALKED ABOUT IN THE MOUTH OF THE NET IN THE FIRST HALF IS VON ESSEN SENDS IT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE 18 FOR THE HEADER. LIKE TAPPED BY CHASTITY JUST AHEAD OF WILSON AND THEN SHOT OUT OF THE WAY BY GORA HIGH IN THE AIR. AND COCKS FIGHTING FOR POSSESSION COX WINNING IT AND SENDING IT OFF OF NUMBER 20 ON THAT PLAY. CASEY WILL LODGE K THERE. FORCED TO TAKE THE HIT AS COX GETS READY FOR ANOTHER THROW IN LAUNCHED IN THE SAUNDERS. RILEY CLOTHIER WITH SPACE. CAN HE TAKE IT? MAYBE TOOK TOO LONG NOW FACE TO FACE WITH ALAN FORCES IT OFF HIM OVER THAT END LINE AND IT'S A CORNER TRY COMING UP FOR THE BRUINS. ANOTHER TOTAL THAT BELMONT DOMINATED IN IN THAT FIRST HALF. SIX CORNERS TO NONE FOR YOU. THIS NUMBER SEVEN. SO MICHAEL SAUNDERS PUTS HIS RIGHT HAND UP. FLIES ONE IN OFF OF O'BRIEN, BUT OVER THE GOAL. NOT THE MOST DANGEROUS ONE WE'VE SEEN SO FAR FOR BELMONT. WHY. YOU'VE GOT TO PICK UP A SECOND WORTH. 50 50 HERE, BOYS? YEAH. TO SMITH WITH THE READY. BACK OUT OVER THE MIDLINE BACK TO THE BRUINS. HOPEFULLY WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU'RE KEEPING YOURSELF WARM. PAUL CONTINUES TO TAKE A NICE LONG CHILL FURTHER AND FURTHER WE GET IN THE CLOSER WE GET TO NOVEMBER. YES AND EVERYONE'S MAKING SOME GOOD HALLOWEEN PLANS. AS WE GET READY FOR THAT HOLIDAY NEXT MONDAY. A WEEKEND AHEAD WITH A LOT OF FRIGHT. BRUINS TRYING TO PUT A SCARE INTO EI YOU RIGHT NOW, MUCH LIKE THEY DID A LOT IN THE FIRST HALF. WILSON WORKING, PIVOTS IT BACK TO BANNOCK. PLAN. ONE STEEL IS SENDING IT OUT OVER TWO RIGHT BACK, RILEY CLOTHIER. HEY CHAD. SOMEBODY'S GOTTA DO THE COMMUNICATING BACK FOR THE OTHER ONE. YEAH. NICK WILSON. LOOKING ACROSS FIELD OF SAUNDERS. LANDS IT OVER. ALAN SAUNDERS PURSUES SAVES IT IN OVER THE TOUCHLINE SERVICE INTO THE SIX OVER TO WILSON. HE SHOOTS AND IT'S OVER THE RIGHT POST. ANOTHER ONE FOR JANSEN WILSON. OH, BLESS HIS HEART. SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR WILSON, NOTHING LANDING SO FAR, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE. A LOOK ON THAT QUICK CHIP. GOT TOO FAR UNDER THE BALL AND JUST SENT IT HIGH OVER THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE POST. AS YOU SEE EXLEY'S GETTING KNOCKED DOWN BY CLOTHING. YOU'RE JANSEN WILSON. MUST BE SOME PRESSURE BUILDING WITH EACH SHOT. YOU TAKE MAYBE EVEN HIS OWN MIND WONDERING WHEN AM I GOING TO GET THAT FIRST ONE BECAUSE THE OPPORTUNITIES HAVE COME IN BUNCHES FOR JANSEN. WILSON HAS CERTAINLY NOT BEEN AFRAID TO TAKE THOSE SHOTS, AND YOU CERTAINLY DON'T WANT HIM TO START BEING AFRAID. SEEMS TO BE NO PROBLEM. IT'S JUST MORE A MATTER OF OVERCOMING FRUSTRATION , HOPEFULLY NOT LETTING A MENTAL BLOCK TAKEOVER. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE TRYING YOUR HARDEST, OF COURSE TO BE PERFECT, THAT'S WHEN YOU START TO FALTER. HOPEFULLY WILSON CAN FIND THAT BALANCE. WHY NOT QUITE UP BLUE? CERTAINLY TOO TALENTED A PLAYER THAT YOU CAN'T EXPECT ONE OF THESE TO LAND ONE DAY. WE'LL JUST SEE IF THAT DAY IS TODAY. FOR THE NEXT TIME. THROW HERE CASE. COX GIVEN THE BALL UP TO WILSON. HE WANTS A PIECE OF THIS ONE. ONCE YOU GET A RUNNING START ON THIS ONE, TOO. AS HE STANDS NEXT TO ESTEBAN LEYVA. A FEW OTHER BRUINS STRETCHING THEIR WAYS OUT OVER THE BENCH. HEAVED IN BY WILSON WITH THE STRENGTH OF A CORNER, TRY OFF THE HEAD OF CLOTHIER AND BACKPEDALED OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE AGAIN. YOWZA ANOTHER CLOSE ONE FOR AIDAN VON ESSEN. SO NOW ANOTHER CORNER, TRY. STILL WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION HERE, BUT I COULD'VE SWORN IT WAS VON ESSEN ON THE GROUND. LET'S TAKE A LOOK HERE. THERE'S THE FIRST TOUCH AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS VON ESSEN GOING FOR THE BICYCLE KICK INTO THE GOAL THAT JUST MISSED WILSON THE LOW LINER RIGHT TO SMITH, AND HE DIVES ON IT BEFORE A J CHASSIS. NATE CAN DO WHAT AJ CHASTITY DOES BEST AND PUT A BRICK INTO THE BACK OF THE NET FROM POINT BLANK RANGE. CHESTON HAS ALREADY GOT 11 GAME WINNERS IN HIS CAREER OUT OF HIS 13 SCORES CERTAINLY THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT THERE THAT HE COULD HAVE HAD A NUMBER 12 IN HIS 14TH CAREER SCORE. THERE'S A LOT OF MATCH LEFT. BUT JUST THE WAY THAT GOES, SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE WHEN CHESNEY STRIKES IT. IT'S JUST GOING TO END UP BEING THE FINAL TALLY. AS YOU SEE THAT BALL, PUSH THE BACK LINE AND OVER THE END LINE. THE MARKET OF GOLD KICK HERE FOR GRANT CALVERT AND ONE OF THE FEW SPOTS OF ACTION HE'S BEEN HANDED HERE TONIGHT IN HIS FIRST CAREER MATCH, PLAYED OUT OF STILL WILL KANSAS. THE FIRST YEAR BREWING TRANSFERRED IN FROM ST LOUIS. MR CALVERT WAY BACK IN HIS HIGH SCHOOL DAYS BEFORE HE JOINED THE 2021 8 10 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS. CALVERT SET THE SCHOOL RECORD FOR SINGLE SEASON SAVES WHEN HE HAD 100 AND 63 OF THEM AT BLUE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. WAS SECOND IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF KANSAS. CERTAINLY LED HIS LEAGUE, THE EASTERN KANSAS LEAGUE THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING IN THE E K O TURNED A LOT OF HOPEFUL SCORES. TO BYGONE STORIES IS NOW UNDERS SPEEDS UP THE RIGHT SIDE AGAIN TWISTS AROUND. CLOSED THE YEAR WHOSE SERVICES TO THE MIDDLE HEADED BY VON ESSEN BACK TO THE RIGHT OF THE 18 BEFORE IT SHOT BACK OUT TO CHASTITY. HE KEEPS IT. FIRES. AND IT GOES OFF THE SIDE OF THE NET. NOT INTO THE NET. DON'T BE FOOLED FOLKS. THAT BALL IS SMUDGED OVER THE OUTER LINE, MAN. CAPTAIN STUCK IN HERE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ZINGER FROM HHS TODAY. I MEAN, I DON'T BLAME YOU IF YOU THOUGHT IT WENT BUT NO, THAT ONE HIT THE SIDE FOLKS MARKET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY MISSED. AND WHAT HAS BEEN A GAME OF ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIES. IT SEEMS FOR THE BRUINS OFFENSE. LOOKING FOR THAT FIRST BIG TACK, BUT YOU FEEL LIKE IF THEY CAN GET BASED OFF OF THE WAY THIS GAME IS GONE. I'M SURE THEY FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THEY COULD WALK OUT OF HERE WITH THE VICTORY. NOW WE SEE THE PANTHERS PUSH AND THAT SHOT PRETTY FORCED THEIR OFF OF THE FOOT OF JULIAN SMITH, WHO WAS REALLY JUST LOOKING TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY NOT REALLY LOOKING FOR THE HIGHEST QUALITY OPPORTUNITY THERE. I JUST WANTED TO TURN THE TIDE OF THIS MATCH AROUND. THE IU HAS BEEN OUT SHOT 22 TO 1. OH, MY GOODNESS. DAK YEAH, BASICALLY, GRANT CALVERT. IT'S BEEN A PRETTY EASY DEBUT, AND I DO SAY THAT WITH COMPLETE RESPECT TO THE FACT THAT NOTHING IS EASY AT THIS LEVEL, GOOD HEADER BY O'BRIEN OVER TO WILSON BEFORE IT SHOT BACK AWAY BY GORA GOES OUT AND STAYS IN THE BRUINS CORNER. COX GETS READY TO RUN THE THROWING OUT. WHERE ARE WE? BIG? LOOKS LIKE THE OFFICIAL WANTS TO STALL THINGS A BIT AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE GETS SET PROPERLY. GEORGE TRACK ONLY 33 MINUTES AND 50 SECONDS LEFT IN THE FINAL HOME GAME THIS REGULAR SEASON FOR BELMONT AREAS, ROSE PARK. TRYING TO FIND THAT BIG STRIKE AS THEY GET THE TAKEAWAY , RIGHT SIDE DISRUPTED TAKEN BACK. THE SHOT BY O'BRIEN AND IT'S IN BINGO. LIAM O'BRIEN. HE GOT IT, AND WITH THAT SCORED CAREER GOAL NUMBER 22 FOR LIAM O'BRIEN IS NOW TIED FOR SECOND PLACE ALL TIME. BELMONT BRUINS HISTORY WITH TWO OTHER BRUINS AS YOU SEE THAT ONE BREAK THE CAN OPEN AFTER THE JAR JUST WOULD NOT TURN THE LATE FINALLY COMES OFF AND THE OFFENSE FINALLY GETS THE STRIKE THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. FROM THE MAN WHO'S MADE A CAREER OUT OF BIG STRIKES FIFTH GOAL OF THE SEASON FOR LIAM O'BRIEN, NOW BACK IN SOLE POSSESSION OF FIRST PLACE ON THE TEAM. HELPING BOOST HIS STANCE AMONG THE BEST IN THE NBC AND CHAD SMITH AND UNFORTUNATE HAPPENSTANCE. WHAT HAS OTHERWISE BEEN A VERY GOOD NIGHT FOR THE YOUNG, SOPHOMORE CINCINNATI MINUTES NUMBER SEVEN E. IMAGINE THE EUPHORIA THERE FOR BELMONT. AS THEY FINALLY GET ONE TO TAKE FROM JUST OFF OF THE 18. PLEASE FORCED TO PUSH IT BACK THE OTHER WAY TO PICK UP THAT AGGRESSION FOR EI YOU LOOKING FOR THAT FIRST BIG SCORE THEMSELVES AND WHAT HAS BEEN A VERY OFFENSIVELY LIMITED GAME OPPORTUNISTICALLY? GOOD DISRUPTION, THEREBY CASE COXON PEP IN THE STEP OF BELMONT FANS AS THEY'VE NOW GOT THE LEAD HERE AT HOME, AND WE'LL LOOK TO SEE IF THEY CAN CARRY IT ALL THE WAY FOR A HOME VICTORY TO CLOSE THEIR REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE. HERE IT IS ROSE PARK AGAINST EASTERN ILLINOIS. SAUNDERS SPLITS THE GATE DISRUPTED OFF OF THE KICK AWAY. BY NICHOLAS SALOPEK. YOU CAN SEE A WHOLE MASSIVE PANTHERS WAITING TO CHECK IN AN ENTIRE PRIDE FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. I MEAN, I'M COUNTING SIX DIFFERENT PANTHERS WAITING TO CHECK INTO THIS GAME. ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT EDGE OF YOUR SCREEN. 29 FOR 50. CHRISTMAS COMES OUT SAVES THAT ONE BEFORE VON ESSEN COULD GET TO IT. CONSTANT HUNTING FOR THE LOOK. VON ESSEN IS STOPPED ONCE AGAIN BY THE GATEKEEPER. YES THAT'S CORRECT. AGAIN GIVE UP THAT MANY SHOTS TO YOUR OPPONENT. ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO EVENTUALLY COME BACK AND BITE YOU. AND THAT WAS THE ONE ON SHOT NUMBER 23 OF THE MATCH FOR BELMONT. THEY GET THAT FIRST GOAL AT THE RIGHT SIDE. CALVERT WATCHES THAT BALL FLY OVER TO THE OPPOSITE END OF THE PITCH. CHASED OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE WHERE IT IS TIPPED OFF THE IN LINE. LOOKS LIKE A CORNER, TRY WELL PLAYED TO EARN THAT SPOT. VERY HERCULEAN EFFORT THERE BY CASEY WILL AJA LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, OHIO KID. IN THE BALL BACK OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE. SIX LATE MAYBE. PANTHER SWITCHING THEIR POSITION NOW, LOGIE SETTING UP. TO THE LEFT SIDE, THE HEADERS UP OFF OF THE HEAD OF NUMBER FIVE SABU. AND IT'S OVER EVERYBODY TIME FOR THE BIG SUBSTITUTION IS FREE. I YOU THEY BRING IN SIX BELMONT BRINGS INTO ARMED BREWSTER AND LEYVA, VON ESSEN AND O'BRIEN. LIAM O'BRIEN, HIS FINAL REGULAR SEASON HOME MATCH. AND HE'S NOW TIED WITH TWO OTHER BRUINS FOR SECOND PLACE ALL TIME CAREER SCORING BOOKS. ALSO ON THE LINE TONIGHT WITH THAT POTENTIAL GAME WINNER. THE BRUINS WIN TONIGHT. LIAM O'BRIEN CAN THEN BECOME THE WINNINGEST BELMONT PLAYER IN PROGRAM HISTORY. IF THIS FINAL SCORE HOLDS IT WOULD BE CAREER WIN NUMBER 34 FOR LIAM O'BRIEN. NO BETTER FEELING I'M SURE THAT LAST NUMBER THOUGH I'M OUT. HE'S EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT. COURSE. EVERYBODY NUMBER SEVEN. MURALI NUMBER. TWO LET'S JUST PAY ATTENTION TO THE BODY LANGUAGE HERE FOR A MOMENT SHOT BEFORE THAT GOAL BY O'BRIEN. YOU COULD FEEL THE PRESSURE SORT OF MOUNTING AND THAT TEAM PROBABLY FEELING LIKE THEY WERE JUST HAVING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN GOES WIDE OF THE GOAL AND SMITH PICKS UP THE LOOSE. CARRY ON. BUT NOW MAYBE YOU'LL SEE A CHANGE IN THE BODY LANGUAGE HERE, THE BRUINS PLAY A LITTLE BIT MORE FREELY. DARYL DARYL DARYL PLAYED MORE THEIR STYLE. GET COMFORTABLE PLAYING AGAINST THIS ULTRA AGGRESSIVE EI, YOU FRONT, TRYING TO PUSH THE BALL BACK THE OTHER WAY AND GET A RARE SHOT OFF. AND NOW THEY GET TO SEE THE BEST PART OF THEIR TEAM GET A CHANCE TO SHINE FOR THE FINAL 30 MINUTES. THEIR DEFENSIVE ABILITY GUYS LIKE CLOTHING OR SETTING UP THE TIP DOWNFIELD BEFORE IT'S DISRUPTED BY BRUCE. WELL A. J BOTH FROM LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, OHIO. PRETTY CLOSE IN AGE ONLY A SOPHOMORE ON THAT BACK LINE, JUST A FRESHMAN AT THE FORD POSITION. YOU'RE TRYING TO PUSH TEMPO HERE. ALL MOVED OUT AWAY FROM THE REACH OF LOSS A GOM ALOMA. THROWN BACK IN CASE COX BEFORE BANNOCK FIRES IT OUT TO HIS RIGHT BACK. RILEY CLOTHIER. REACH THEIR SAUNDERS NOW SPLITS THE GATE AND TAKES HIS RUN. SHOOTS INTO THE BOX. LEAVE A YOU THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT, GOT HAND GRABBED BUT COULDN'T KEEP POSSESSION. BARK CERTAINLY DID. TO THE RIGHT SIDE . FOR SAUNDERS SAUNDERS, TWISTING OFF HIS PIVOT TURNS FIRES A SHOT THAT FLIES OVER EVERYBODY. MY GOODNESS! HAVE ALL HAD SOME SERIOUS HANG TIME ON IT. BUT FOR SAUNDERS IS A CHANCE TO STAY AGGRESSIVE NUMBER 13 YEARS DOWN TO HANLEY RIGS ON THE SIDELINE FOR ANOTHER NICE HIT. RIGHT? RILEY IT'S PRETTY FUNNY ABOUT LIAM JUST SCORING BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THIS WEEK IS HOW YOU REALLY GOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE SMALL MOMENTS IN COLLEGE SOCCER. YOU MAY NOT GET A LOT OF THOSE MOMENTS TO GET ON GOAL, BUT BELMONT LIKE HE SAID, HAD 23 OF THEM AND O'BRIEN REALLY JUST MADE THAT GOLDEN NIGHT WHICH WAS AMAZING FOR HIM BACK TO YOU. RILEY CERTAINLY WAS HANLEY BIG MOMENT IN THE CAREER OF LIAM O'BRIEN AND AGAIN IF THAT PROVES TO BE THE GAME WINNER. HELPED SECURED HIMSELF AS THE WINNINGEST PLAYER IN BELMONT BRUINS HISTORY. HOLD UP. NOT THAT HE KNOWS THAT, BUT WE DO. CERTAINLY BRING THAT UP TO HIM. IF THAT MOMENT COMES IN, JUST ABOUT 27 MINUTES, UNLESS HE I YOU GETS A MOMENT THAT THEY HAVE NOT HAD MUCH OF HERE TONIGHT AGAINST THE ULTRA AGGRESSIVE OFFENSE THAT THE BRUINS POSTED UP UNTIL THAT LAST SCORE IF THEY CAN TRY AND BREAK THIS DEFENSIVE BACK LINE. IT'S HEADED TO THE MIDDLE, PLEASE OVER THE RIGHT SIDE IS DISRUPTED BY THE WALL HIMSELF, JOHN BANNOCK. PANIC DON'T PANIC, AND HE CERTAINLY DID NOT RIGHT THERE, GOING ONE ON ONE AGAINST SAM EXLEY'S, THE TEAM'S LEADING GOAL SCORER. THAT MATCHUP WAS CERTAINLY AS TANTALIZING A TEST AS YOU CAN FIND HERE TONIGHT, FORCES A THROW IN FROM MICHAEL MCREYNOLDS FROM MASON, OHIO. SHORT SIDE. HE GOES INTO NUMBER 27 JARED CORNELL FROM NORMAL ILLINOIS, AND IT'S GIVEN BACK TO THE BRUINS. LEFT COREY LAVENDER WAITING TO CHECK IN FOR BELMONT AS WELL AS SAM ROWAN. WHAT FROM COX GOES UP THE FLANK. TAKEN AWAY NICELY, THEREBY SALOPEK. JOSH OAKLEY, PREACHING TO HIS TEAM RIGHT IN FRONT OF WHERE THE POSSESSION WAS LOST OFF OF THE SLIDING ATTEMPT BY JUDE SPA, OLINGER. 98.7 NOW CASE COX GETS READY TO UNLOAD AGAIN THE JOB THAT COACH OAKLEY HAS HAD DO IN HIS FIRST YEAR NOT HANDED A VERY EASY DECK TO PLAY WITH. WHEN YOU WERE HIRED IN LATE JUNE, JUST ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF BEFORE THE TEAM REPORTS BACK FOR PRE SEASON AND THEN JUST A FEW WEEKS AFTER THAT, YOU START THE FULL SEASON SO ONLY HIRED TWO MONTHS OUT. MOST COACH IS PROBABLY ALREADY HAVING THEIR JOB SET AND REALLY NOW HAVING TO GO AT IT ALONE THIS ENTIRE SEASON. CERTAINLY A LOT TO LEARN. I'M SURE COACH OAKLEY'S CASE BUT HOPING THAT THIS TRIAL AND TRIBULATION COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF A BIG YEAR AHEAD FOR AN EI, YOU TEAM THAT FOR THE 1ST 27 YEARS OF ITS EXISTENCE. WAS ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS YOU COULD FIND AT THEIR LEVEL IN COLLEGE SOCCER STARTED OFF IN THE RANKS FOR THEIR FIRST NINE SEASONS FROM 63 TO 71 D TWO FROM 72 TO 1980 BEFORE MAKING THE JUMP TO D ONE WHERE THEY'VE BEEN SINCE 1981. AND AGAIN THEY GOT OFF TO SUCH A GOOD START, BUT SINCE THEN HAVE BEEN SO HARD TO COME BY A SMITH POKES THE BALL AND IT'S HEADED UP AND IN OFF OF THE FACE OF MR LEYVA HIMSELF. BINGO BALL THERE FOR ESTEBAN LABOR, AND THAT HAS GOT TO FEEL GOOD. COASTAL CAROLINA SHOT TO CLEAR HE GETS HIS FIFTH CAREER GOAL, AND THAT PUTS THE BRUINS UP TWO NIL WITH JUST UNDER 25 MINUTES TO GO. THE SAN JOSE COSTA RICA KID TO MAKE HIS MARK AFTER COMING UP EMPTY IN HIS ONE SHOT ATTEMPT IN THE FIRST HALF. HE'S NOW GOT HIS FOURTH SHOT ON GOAL IN 11 TRIES THIS YEAR, SMITH OUT OF POSITION AND THEN JUST CLEAR THE GATES. THAT BALL WAS LABORERS FROM THE MOMENT IT WENT HIS WAY, AND HE PUT IT RIGHT WHERE HE NEEDED TO GET THE BLUE SMOKE OUT HERE IN THE FINAL REGULAR SEASON. HOME MATCHUP AT RHODES. SO NOW COREY LAVENDER AGAIN INTO THE BOX PURSUED BY ROWAN BEFORE START OF THE WAY BY BRUCE CHASED BY SMALL INJURE, WENT OUT OVER THE TOUCHLINE AND GIVES THE BRUINS THE BALL BACK OVER. NOW THE SHOTS ARE FALLING HERE. AND FOR BELMONT. IT'S CATHARTIC, TO SAY THE LEAST. 14. SO THAT'S THE BOND LEYVA FOR ALL THE PHYSICALITY HE BRINGS TO THEIR FORWARD SPOT, THE NUMBER OF HEADERS THAT HE HAS BEEN TARGETED FOR THIS SEASON. FINALLY GETS ONE THAT LANDS HIS WAY AND POPS IT INTO THE BACK OF THE NET. DIDN'T START HIS CAREER HERE AT BELMONT HAD TWO GOALS JUST A SEASON AGO. SQUEEZE IT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SIX, BUT IT ROLLS OUT OVER THE END LINE. AND THE ENTIRE BRUINS BENCH UP. I WANT TO SEE IF THEY COULD GET THAT THREE PIECE, WHICH WOULD BE THEIR MOST GOALS, SCORED THIS SEASON TO TIE WITH THEIR 33 DRAW AGAINST YOU. I SEE. A TEAM THAT THE BRUINS LOOK LIKE THEY WILL FACE IN THE POSTSEASON FIRST ROUND. IT WILL JUST BE A MATTER OF WILL THEY GO TO CHICAGO, WILL YOU? I SEE RETURN TO ROSE. SERVICE IN TOWARDS THE HIGH SIDE OF THE 18 CLOTHIERS HEADER. IS SPLIT AWAY BY SMALL INJURE EDELMAN OUT THERE. CHASING IT DOWN, KEEPS IT AWAY FROM ECCLES WITH A NICE PIVOT. IT WAS OFF THE SIDE AT LEAST SAVED IN OVER THE END LINE TOO LATE. AND THAT LOOKS LIKE A CORNER TRIED COMING UP FOR THE BRUINS. YOU. I SEE IF YOU FOLLOWED US ON SUNDAY, BIG SIX TO WIN VS BRADLEY. NOW WITH SEVEN POINTS IN CONFERENCE, BELMONT WITH NINE THAT WON'T CHANGE TONIGHT. VERY INTERESTING WEEKEND AHEAD, WHERE HE HAS TWO MORE NBC MATCHES AND THE BRUINS HAVE ONE NEXT WEEK AS THAT HEADER GOES OFF OF LABOR. AND OUT OVER THE CROSSBAR. HE WANTED TO SEE IF YOU CAN GET THE TWO PIECE SORRY. ONLY ONE CHICKEN FINGER FOR YOU SO FAR. SMITH MOVES IT OUT. SPLIT DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE BUT CLOTHING OR CONNECTS WITH IT. FIRST ROWAN JUMPS AND TAKES IT AWAY CROSSES IT BACK OUT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FIELD. MY CAR LOVE TAP THERE FROM MCREYNOLDS OUT OVER THE TOUCH LINE. GOOD USE OF EDELMAN TO WIN POSSESSION BACK. YEP LOMA LOSES POSSESSION AS BARKS PUTS HIMSELF TO WORK INTO ARMED BREWSTER AND TAKEN AWAY BY ATHLETES. COME THE PANTHERS OF THE LEFT SIDE. NUMBER 29 ADRIAN LECHUGA. LOOKING UP AHEAD TO EXLEY'S. AS HE GOES ONE ON ONE WITH STEEL. HE GETS KNOCKED DOWN AND STEELY WINS POSITION BACK AND KEEPS THAT BALL IN PLAY. PEOPLE. TAKE ME HERE. REALLY GOOD TOUCHES OFF OF POSSESSION RECEPTION SO FAR FOR YOU ON THIS ATTEMPT AS THEY MOVE IT UP THE LEFT SIDE. BUT THE BELMONT BRUINS KEEP THE DISRUPTIONS FLOWING AS LAVENDER GOES ONE ON ONE TRYING TO GET IT WITH SPA LINGER. AND HE ENDS UP GETTING THE BALL BACK TO THE BRUINS. FOR ALL HIS EFFORTS. THESE KINDS OF MOMENTS THAT ARE REALLY HEARTWARMING, IN MY OPINION, TO SEE GUYS LIKE COREY LAVENDER, WHO HAVEN'T PLAYED A LOT THIS SEASON, OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR CAREER, GET THESE MAJOR MINUTES HERE TONIGHT. WHERE IS HE? NICE SEND OFF FOR HIM. IF THEY DON'T PLAY MUCH GOING FORWARD HERE TO SEE THEM, GET THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR CHANCE. EDELMAN TRYING TO SPLIT AROUND THE LEFT SIDE. GOT THE LIGHT TOUCH THERE FROM BARKS BUT HAS TO CHASE IT DOWN AS HE GETS KNOCKED DOWN WITH A PUSH. EASY CALL AGAINST MCREYNOLDS DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO PLAY THAT BALL VERY MUCH BEFORE HE PUT THE SHOVE DOWN ON DAVIS SETTLEMENT. MAYBE YOU'RE HERE. BACK HERE. WE NEED YOU. SO YOU SEE, EDELMAN. WHO EARLY ON IN THE SEASON. I CERTAINLY TOOK A NOTICE OF BECAUSE HE IS A VERY PASSIONATE PLAYER OFF OF THAT SECOND UNIT FOR BELMONT. YOU CAN IMAGINE WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS TO HIM THAT HE DOESN'T LIKE HE'S GOT A LOT TO SAY. BUT IN THIS CASE, EVERYTHING HE'S SAYING COMES CORRECT. SAM ROHAN GETS SET UP FOR THE FREE KICK. ROLLING OFF TO THE RACES. NO ONE FINDS THAT BALL AND IT GOES BACK OUT OVER THE FAR END OF THE FIELD. THAT ONE BACK TO THE BRUINS HERE. MUST HAVE HIT SOMEONE ON THE WAY OVER. STEELY ON THE FAR TRACK. THE ON TRACK THROW BACK HEADER RIGHT SIDE. PUSHED OUT OF THE WAY BY SALEH PECK. MY MIND UP LINES UP, AND HERE COMES THE ATTACK OF THE LEFT SIDE. IT'S SHERALI. SLIDE BY CLOTHIERS SAVES THE ATTACK OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT'S CORNER TIME FOR EI. YO. BRUINS WITH 25 SHOTS TO TWO FOR THE PANTHERS. 19 OF THEM COMING IN THE FIRST HALF OF BELMONT THE MOST THEY'VE HAD IN THE 1ST 45 ALL SEASON LONG. I CAN'T IMAGINE THEY HAD FIRST TASK LIKE THAT LAST YEAR AT ALL. SERVICE GOES IN. IT ENDS UP TAKING THE U TURN BACK OUT OF THE WAY. NOW THE BRUINS TRY AND GET THE LIGHT TAP GOING. YOU'VE GOT CHAD SMITH, THE IU GOALKEEPER PLAYING. A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THE 18 AND THE BRUINS, MAYBE SEEING IF THEY CAN CATCH HIM OUT OF BALANCE. COULDN'T THOUGH, IS THAT ONE GOES BACK OUT OVER THE FAR TOUCH. PERSON THAT GETS TO TOUCH IT IS WILLIAM BRUCE GOES BACK WITH IT TO SMITH. RIGHT NOW. REYNOLDS UP THE MIDDLE POLLINGER LOSES POSSESSION LAVENDER UP AHEAD TO EDELMAN. YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING MY GOD! LONG SKIP PAST BACK ACROSS THE BACKS OVER TO THE OTHER OUTBACK RILEY CLOTHIER FROM CASE STEAL THE OFF HIS TOUCH. LOOKING FOR THE RUNNING START TO SET UP LAVENDER, WHO GIVES IT OFF TO CLOTHE THE AIR AS HE MOVES UP IN SPACE. BRUINS HAVE DONE A NICE JOB OF BREAKING THOSE 1ST AND 2ND LEVELS WITH THEIR PASSING AND THEIR PUSHES ALL NIGHT. IMPORTANT. NOW IT'S THE PANTHERS SETTLING DOWN, EVEN WITH THEIR DEFENSE SPREAD OUT A BIT. QUESTION BEING WHETHER OR NOT THEIR OFFENSE CAN CONNECT LONG ENOUGH TO GET SOMETHING INSIDE THE 18 AGAINST GRANT CALVERT. SAVES IN THAT FIRST HALF AND NO SAVES AT ALL IN HIS FIRST CAREER MATCH. CHECKS OUT AFTER GETTING HIS FIFTH CAREER SCORE. I'LL MAKE IT HIS THIRD CAREER GOAL AS A BREWIN. AFTER GETTING TWO GOALS IN HIS FIRST YEAR ON THE PITCH BACK WHEN HE WAS THE COASTAL CAROLINA SHOT TO CLEAR. HERE COMES COX. OUT TO ALEX JOHNSON, ONE OF DYLAN STEALS BEST FRIENDS, IF NOT HIS VERY BEST. BUT NOW THE PANTHERS PUSH IT BACK THE OTHER WAY. ALOMA NICE HANDLE. BY COX SLOWS THINGS DOWN A BIT. KEEPS POSSESSION WANTS TO GET THE PANTHERS UP HERE IN NUMBERS, BUT JOHNSON AFTER THAT BAD TOUCH, FORCES IT OUT OVER THE END LINE, AND IT GOES OVER THE TOUCHLINE. EXCUSE ME. STAND UP AND DRIVE A BALL IN, RIGHT? YEP. THEY MIGHT DROP MARKS IT OFF THE SHOULDER. SO THE SPOT KICK SETS UP THE SHORT RETURN BETWEEN COX AND BANNOCK. PANIC WITH THE CROSS BACK OUT, LEFT LAVENDER UP AHEAD. 1 23. LAVENDER SPEEDING UP HERE. TRYING TO FIND THE THROUGH BALL, BUT HE'S OFF COURSE. JUST FEEL FOR THIS GUY YOU TEAM IN A SEASON THAT HAS BEEN FAR TOUGHER THAN ANY OF THESE GUYS. CERTAINLY HOPING FOR NOW DOWN BY TWO SCORES TO THE BRUINS, WHO LOOK ON THEIR WAY TO THEIR FIRST WIN SINCE SEPTEMBER, 24TH. LAST WIN FOR BELMONT ON THE ROAD AT S I U. WE DURING THAT MAGICAL TWO GAME PERIOD IN THAT WEEK WHEN MICHAEL SAUNDERS WAS THE HOTTEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER ON THE PLANET. STAY HERE TO FORGET THAT DURING THAT WEEK, HE WENT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK OFF OF HIS OWN THREE GOAL EXHIBITIONS ON THE ROAD AGAINST TWO VERY QUALITY OPPONENTS. ONE AND I, THE OTHER IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, EDWARDSVILLE, THE TEAM THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WRONG IN THE NBC RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN TEAMS IN THE NBC WILL GET THEIR SHOT TO PLAY IN THE TOURNAMENT. NO MATTER HOW TOUGH THE REGULAR SEASON HAS BEEN. AND ONCE YOU GET TO POSTSEASON TIME , YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN. ERIC STYLES AND CHECKING BACK IN FOR LAVENDER AND KYLE BARKS NUMBER 11. GRAND CALVERT SETTING UP SHOP IN THE FINAL QUARTER OF THE MATCH. QUARTER OF THE SECOND HALF HERE. FINAL THIRD. THE MATH CHECKS OUT EASIER. THESE AREN'T 60 MINUTE PERIODS. RILEY G'S. IF YOU'RE JUST TUNING IN, FOLKS, THANK YOU FOR SPENDING THE FINAL. A COUPLE OF MINUTES OF THE MATCH HERE WITH US, WHICH BORROWING A TOTAL DEFENSIVE COLLAPSE THAT WE USUALLY DON'T SEE FROM BELMONT. LOOKS WELL ON THEIR WAY TO A NICE VICTORY HERE AT HOME TO CLOSE THE REGULAR SEASON AT ROSE. AND SET UP SOME OFFENSIVE JUICE HEADING INTO THEIR FINAL ROAD MATCH VERSUS EVANSVILLE AND NBC PLAY LOOKING TO GET THAT FOUR SEAT OVER YOU. I SEE. AND COME UP ACES TO HOST AN NBC TOURNAMENT OPENING ROUND MATCH HERE. WHICH WOULD CERTAINLY BE GREAT FOR ME. BUT I'M RILEY CHESTNUT, AND IT'S BEEN A THRILL TO BE ALONGSIDE YOU THIS ENTIRE REGULAR SEASON. HERE IT IS ROSE PARK. COUPLE OF BIG SCORES ONE OFF OF THE FOOT OF LIAM O'BRIEN THAT BROKE THE WIDE OPEN FROM WHAT WAS AN OFFENSIVE FLOOD THAT JUST COULD NOT BUST THROUGH FOR BELMONT LEADING UP TO THAT FIRST SCORE. AND THEN YOU SAW OFF OF A SET PIECE SITUATION. NICE DEFLECTION WITH SMITH OUT OF THE WAY IN GOLD. ESTEBAN LEVA COMES UP WITH HIS THIRD CAREER SCORE AS A BREWIN IN HIS FIFTH CAREER SCORE AS A COLLEGIAN, AND THAT IS WHERE WE STAND. NICE MOMENTS, THOUGH, FOR THIS BELMONT TEAM TO HELP OUT THEIR GUY AND GIVE GRANT CALVERT A RELATIVELY NICE TRANSITION INTO LIVE ACTION HERE TONIGHT IN HIS FIRST CAREER GAME PLAYED GIVEN THE START AFTER THE WONDERFUL WORK OF STARTING GOALKEEPER NATE LOGAN THIS SEASON. COACH COST ELECTING TO REST HIM IN LIGHT OF THE FINAL NBC ROAD HURDLE AT EVANSVILLE WITH THEIR RED HOT OFFENSES THAT HEADER GOES OFF OF THE SIDE OF VON ESSEN ALMOST HAD THE LOOK THERE BUT DID NOT HAVE THE JUICE. AFTER THAT LIGHT TAP. WENT OFF OF CHAD SMITH AND GIVES THE BALL IN THE CORNER TO SAM ROWAN. ONE OF YOU GUYS TAKES THE MIDDLE. OAKLEY GETS READY TO SUB IN FIVE DIFFERENT PANTHERS. ROWAN WAS SERVICE. ACROSS THE MOUTH OF THE 18 GOES OUT TO CLOTHE HERE. HE CHASES IT DOWN. 24 H CLOTHING AROUND HIS DEFENDER. BEFORE CREATING SPACE WITH SOME NEATO DANCE MOVES. AFTER THE OVERSIGHT OF THE BOX AND OUT OVER THE GOAL, NOT THE CONNECTION THAT BELMONT WAS LOOKING FOR. AT THIS POINT ANY TIME SPENDING, THE ATTACKING THIRD WILL STILL SERVE THEM WELL AS LONG AS THEY DON'T GIVE AWAY ANY GOOD LOOKS FOR EI YOU ON THE OTHER END OF THE FIELD ON THEIR WAY TO A VICTORY HERE AT HOME TO IMPROVE TO 63 AND SIX ON THE SEASON. GIVE THEM A BOOST HEADING INTO THEIR FINAL NBC MATCH OF THE YEAR ON THE ROAD, NOVEMBER 2ND AT EVANSVILLE, VERY TEAM THAT IS STANDING IN FRONT OF THEM, AND THAT THREE SPOT IN THE NBC STANDINGS NUMBER 22 SCROLL, MCREYNOLDS 35 GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE HERE FOR THIS BELMONT DEFENSE BACK TO BACK MATCHES OF STRONG DEFENSIVE PLAY, BUT THE OFFENSE CARRYING THE LEAD UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE SEEN THIS SEASON HERE TONIGHT, WITH THE AMOUNT OF SHOTS THAT THEY WERE PUTTING UP AGAINST EASTERN ILLINOIS. HE CERTAINLY WAS LIVING UP TO THEIR END OF THE STATUTE BARGAIN AS A TEAM THAT GETS OUT SHOT BY A WIDE MARGIN. SERVICE IN. RIGHT TO CALVERT, WITH THE EASY CATCH. TOO MUCH TOUCH THERE FROM REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE MIDFIELDER JACK MILLER. AND THE KID AND ONLY HIS 12TH CAREER GAME NOW IS FOURTH GAME OF THE SEASON COULDN'T COME UP ACES ON THAT ONE. NO, NO, NO, NO. GOING WITH THE SLIDE OVER WANTS THE SPACE. HE NEEDS TO RUN UP AHEAD, BUT JOHNSON COULDN'T KEEP IT IN OVER THE TOUCHLINE THROWING COMING UP HERE FOR NON HONOR, NEURO FRIMPONG. MOUTHFUL, FOLKS. GIVE ME A BREAK. I'LL CERTAINLY GET MYSELF ONE. FINAL NINE MINUTES HERE IN THE REGULAR SEASON IDEAS ROSE PARK. BRUINS UP TWO SCORES OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS. 23 3. SO CERTAINLY A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO A HEAD HERE AS WE SEE EI, YOU TRY AND PUSH UP AND SEE IF THEY CAN GET AN OFFENSIVE JOLTS. NOW ENTERING TONIGHT'S CONTEST WITH ONLY 10 GOALS THIS SEASON TIED FOR BOTTOM IN THE SUMMIT LEAGUE STANDINGS. AND TRYING TO MOVE THEMSELVES OUT OF THAT BOTTOM STANDING IN THE SUMMIT LEAGUE, NOT GUARANTEED IN PROBABLY NOT LIKELY TO MAKE THE SUMMIT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT WHERE ONLY THE TOP FOUR TEAMS GET TO GO, BUT THEY MANAGED TO PULL OFF A LITTLE BOOST AND WIN THEIR FINAL TWO MATCHES. WHO'S TO SAY THEY CAN'T GO AHEAD AND MOVE UP TO THE FIRST OUTSIDE PLAYER LOOKING IN EASTERN ILLINOIS, LUCKY TO BE HOSTING DENVER, INSTEAD MAKING THE TRIP OUT TO DENVER, BUT THEY WILL THEN HAVE TO TAKE THEIR FINAL MATCH. OF THE SEASON ON THE ROAD AT OMAHA'S ON NOVEMBER 5TH. WATCH OUT FOR THAT DENVER TEAM MAHA AMONG THE TOP FOUR IN THE CONFERENCE PICTURE, BOTH LOOKING WELL ON THEIR WAY TO MAKING THE SUMMIT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT WHILE LIAM O'BRIEN WITH THE FIRST SCORE THIS MATCHES, 22ND CAREER GOAL CHECKING IN SAM ROWAN CHECKING OUT AUSTIN. YEAH, ALL CHECKING IN FOR A RARE SPOT OF ACTION THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN GIVEN TO HIM IN QUITE SOME TIME, BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE MR YELLOW BACK OUT THERE. THE PHOENIX, ARIZONA, JUNIOR FORD PLAYING UP AND ON THE THROW IN GIVEN SOME TIME TO TRY AND GO, THIS IS ONLY HIS FIFTH APPEARANCE OF THE SEASON. FOR THE BELMONT BRUINS IN A CAREER THAT NOW HAS 26 APPEARANCES TO HIS NAME AND LOOK AT THIS. WE SEE THE OFFICIAL GOING FOR THE SLEEVE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S READY TO PULL THE CARD OUT. SO MARKET A YELLOW CARD AGAINST NUMBER 18 ON EASTERN ILLINOIS, JACK MILLER. AND WHILE WE HAVE THIS BRIEF MOMENT WHILE WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT LIES AHEAD, AND IT'S JUST ONE MORE NOVEMBER, 2ND HOW DID EVANSVILLE ROD MCCUTCHEON STADIUM FOR A BIG ROAD TILT AGAINST THE PURPLE ACES? BRUINS PLAYED THEM AT HOME EARLIER THIS YEAR, SO THIS WILL BE THE COMPLETION OF THE ROUND ROBIN REGULAR SEASON FORMAT. A SCORELESS DRAW WHEN THE PURPLE ACES CAME TO NASHVILLE. BRUINS LOOKING FOR THAT SAME DEFENSIVE SUCCESS. BUT I'M HOPING THAT SOME OF THE JUICE THEY CARRIED OVER IN THIS GAME AGAINST EASTERN ILLINOIS CAN TRANSFER ITS WEIGHT TO A PURPLE, A STEAM THAT IS THIRD IN THE NBC POLL RIGHT NOW. HEADING INTO THE FINAL WEEK OF THE SEASON BEFORE THE NBC TOURNAMENT. PURPLE LACE TEAM THAT MADE IT TO THE NBC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME LAST YEAR BEFORE THEY LOST TO THE OUTGOING LOYOLA CHICAGO RAMBLERS. EXCUSE ME. MISSOURI STATE MORE LIKELY IN THAT CASE, AS YOU SEE THE SHOTGUN ACROSS THE BOX GET TIPPED OUT. IGNORE THE BEARS IN THAT EQUATION. HOW CAN I NOT SURE. NOT SURE. BUT EITHER WAY. THIS PURPLE. A STEAM COMING UP HERE FOR BELMONT IS ROLLING. AND THEY'RE LOOKING VERY MUCH THE PART OF A TEAM THAT IS SO EFFICIENT WITH THEIR SHOT TAKING. YOU GOT GUYS LIKE NACHO DIAZ, WHO JUST CLINCHED NBC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK EARLIER THIS WEEK FOR THE PURPLE ASIS SECOND TIME THAT HE'S WON A PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARD IN THAT CATEGORY THIS SEASON. THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST SHOT TAKERS IN THE NATION IN HIS FIRST SEASON AS A COLLEGIATE ATHLETE. WHICH IF YOU REMEMBER FROM THAT MATCH WE HAD VERSUS EVANSVILLE OF DIAZ DID NOT TERRORISTS. A CL DURING A PRIME MOMENT IN HIS YOUNG DEVELOPMENT PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN COME OVER AND PLAYED COLLEGE SOCCER IN THE STATES, SO CONSIDER IT A GREAT FIND FOR MARSHALL RAY. AND THE EVANSVILLE FC CLUB AS THEY LIKE TO GO BY. YOU'VE ALSO GOT GUYS LIKE ALEX VIZZONI. BUT WE SAID ENOUGH ABOUT EVANSVILLE. ONLY 5.5 MINUTES TO GO IN THIS CONTEST IN KIPPER LET LOOSE OUT FRONT, TRYING TO FIND THEIR FIRST CAREER SCORE TO HIS CREDIT. HE'S HAD A FEW MOMENTS HERE AND THERE , BUT NONE HAVE MANAGED TO LAND SO FAR AS YOU SEE THE GRAB CALLED AGAINST HYPER CALLUS BREWING YOU CAN FIND ON THE TEAM SIX FT. FIVE INCHES. ONLY A FRESHMAN A LOT OF LENGTH TO GROW INTO AS YOU NOW SEE THE SPOT SET BACK HERE FOR EI YOU AND FOR NUMBER FIVE DELPHI SABU. A SEASON WHERE SABU. SCORED HIS FIRST CAREER GOAL NOW, WITH 40 MATCHES PLAYED 35 TOTAL STARTS TO HIS NAME, SO HE HAS BEEN A PRIMARY STARTER FOR THIS E I U TEAM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT NOW, KIPPER WITH THE OUTLET UP AHEAD. HERE COMES THE PUSHBACK. AND TURNING THE JETS ON TOWARDS THE INSIDE, SWITCHING IT OUT LEFT TO JOHNSON. JOHNSON KEEPS IT IN BACK OVER TO YOWL. YEAH, WELL, OFF OF THE SIDE OF CHERYLE. GIVE THAT ONE UP AS A CORNER TRY FOR THE BRUINS HERE. YOU CAN SEE KIPPER, MOVING IMMEDIATELY OVER TO THE INSIDE OF THE GOAL, STANDING NEXT TO CHAD SMITH, IF THEY CAN GET THIS BALL UP IN THE AIR. CERTAINLY HAVE A COUPLE OF PANTHERS MARKING HIM FOR ANY HEADER OPPORTUNITIES. THEN YOU'VE ALSO GOT ERIC STYLES. O'BRIEN PLAYING ON TOP OF THE PENALTY MARKER, ALEX JOHNSON. NOW WHY'D TOP OF THE 18 IS THAT ONE SERVICED IN ACROSS THE GOAL OVER TO CLOTHIER. BUT HE ELECTS TO LET THAT BALL GO. AND IT WILL BE A GOAL KICK HERE FOR SMITH WITH ONLY 3 43 TO GO. ANOTHER POSITIVE HIGHLIGHT, GRANT CALVERT. WITH SOME RELATIVELY LIGHT WORK WILL COME UP WITH HIS FIRST CLEAN SHEET OF HIS CAREER AND HIS FIRST CAREER MATCH. IF I DIDN'T JUST JINX IT, KNOCK ON WOOD. NOW THE PANTHERS PUSHING WITH AT THIS POINT TRYING TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIND ANY SORT OF GROOVE BEFORE THEY GET READY FOR A TOUGH FINAL TWO CONFERENCE GAMES IN THE SUMMIT FINAL NONCONFERENCE GAME BEFORE THEY HAVE TO FACE DENVER A TEAM IN THE TOP FOUR AND THEN GO ON THE ROAD TO OMAHA'S TO END THEIR SEASON. TIGHT. FIND A HEEL TURN HERE. AND WHAT HAS BEEN A VERY BARREN LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. IN THE SOCCER PROGRAM, ONLY FOUR WINS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE FEWEST AND ANY ACTUALLY THREE YEARS STRETCHING PROGRAM HISTORY. AL GRANT CALVERT. JOHN BANNING LOOKING TO JUST TAKE HIS TIME HERE. GOOD PIECE OF TOUCH HERE ON WHAT HAS BEEN A HARTLEY WINDY NIGHT. IN ROSE PARK. MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SAW BETWEEN BELMONT AND MISSOURI STATE ON SUNDAY. I TELL YOU, THE WIND WAS A MAJOR FACTOR BLOWING IN FROM THE WEST SIDE OF US HERE IN THE PRESS BOX. PAST THE PLAYGROUND HERE AT E S. ROSE PARK. WIND HAS NOT EVEN MADE A SINGLE APPEARANCE HERE TONIGHT. WHICH HAS BEEN NICE, CONSIDERING HOW COLD IT'S BEEN. TOUCH OFF OF THE HEAD OF YA, AND IT ROLLS OUT OVER THE IN LINE AS WE NOW ENTER THE FINAL 90 SECONDS. FROM A TWO NIL VICTORY FOR THE BELMONT BRUINS TO CLOSE THEIR REGULAR SEASON AT HOME. BEFORE THEIR FINAL ROAD TEST OF THE YEAR AT EVANSVILLE, TRYING TO TAKE DOWN THE PURPLE ACES TO ASSURE THEMSELVES A CHANCE AT THE FOUR SEED. WHICH THEY WOULD THEN NEED TO SEE IF YOU I SEE COULD AT LEAST SPLIT THEIR FINAL TWO. SO ANOTHER TOUCH THERE FROM BROCK KIPPER. NOW WE'VE ENTERED THE FINAL MINUTE HERE. EVERYONE JUST SETTLING DOWN NOW AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE A SUCCESSFUL CLOSE TO THE HOME SCHEDULE. FOR THE BELMONT BRUINS AND WHETHER OR NOT THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TO LAST OR THE LAST MATCH WE HAVE HERE AT ROSE PARK. IT'S BEEN ANOTHER NICE RUN AT HOME FOR BELMONT AFTER GOING NINE AND O IN THIS PLACE A SEASON AGO. THEY LOOKED WELL ON THEIR WAY TO WALKING OUT OF ANOTHER REGULAR SEASON WITHOUT A HOME LOSS. AND IMPROVING THEIR 17 MATCH UNBEATEN STREAK HERE. A ROSE TO 18 IN A ROW. FINAL 20 SECONDS HERE. CLOCK OFFICIALLY STOPPED WITH 15 SECONDS LEFT AS YOU GOT A YELLOW CARD BEING GIVEN OUT TO AIDAN VON ESSEN, WHO WAS REALLY BARKING UP A STORM HERE. THROWING COMES AND NOW YOU SEE, THE OFFICIALS STOPPED IT. AS THE CLOCK REMAINS. STUCK IN AT 15 SECONDS. WHILE THE OFFICIAL WRITES DOWN THE NAME ON HIS YELLOW CARD SHEET. I WANT TO MAKE SURE HE'S GOT THAT DOWN HERE. JUST SAY NUMBER 11 MAN. YOU CAN FIND OUT WHO IT IS FROM US LATER. ALRIGHT, WE'RE READY TO GO. FINAL 10 SECONDS HERE, 97 . GREEN, TOO. 10. AND THERE YOU HAVE IT FOLKS OF VICTORY IN THE FINAL REGULAR SEASON HOME MATCH FOR THE BELMONT BRUINS AS THEY TAKE THE TWO NIL SHUTOUT WIN OVER