Oct. 6, 2000

MILWAUKEE-Battling to a tie at the end of regulation, the UWM men's soccer team fell in overtime to UW-Madison, 3-2, Friday night in Madison. The Panthers (7-6) were heartbroken with the loss, as they out-attacked the Badgers (7-3-1) with an 18-12 margin in shots and an 11-6 advantage in corner kicks.

"It's a gut-wrenching loss," said UWM coach Louis Bennett. "Soccer is a crazy game. You can play exceptionally well and create all kinds of chances, but the pieces don't always fall into place."

UWM freshman Tighe Dombrowski scored first in the 41st minute to take the 1-0 lead. Played out to Dombrowski in midfield, he carried the ball up the right side before cutting the Badger defense and sending a left-footed shot from 30 yards out. Exactly two minutes later, Madison's Domink Dapra converted on a penalty kick to tie the game, 1-1, at haltime.

Dapra opened second-half scoring with a goal in the 53 minute, but UWM answered 10 minutes later with another Dombrowski goal. The freshman defender headed in the equalizer off a corner kick from freshman Kyle Lance, scoring his second goal of the game and taking it to overtime.

UWM nearly finished the game in the 98th minute when junior Ryan Seymour ran between the Badger defense and headed in a cross from Lance. Seymour's goal was called back, as the officials ruled it offsides. Four minutes later, Dapra scored his third goal for the Badgers off a quick counterattack to end the game, 3-2, in sudden-victory overtime.

"As a whole team, we executed the game plan really well with the exception of two small errors. And we let one of the best players we've played against score on both of those," said Bennett. "What makes this result even harder to swallow is that we scored first in over-time. There were elements we had no control over that contributed to the outcome of the game. The ultimate results went against us, but we were undoubtedly the winners today."