Haggerty Helps
Houghton Tie
Cedarville 1-1
Haggerty (#7 in
white) celebrates
his equalizer.
(photo by Mike Wise)
Box Score
Houghton, N.Y.—Senior
Tyler Haggerty
capped the
Highlanders’ Senior
Recognition Day with
a second-half goal
to tie the
Cedarville
University Yellow
Jackets 1-1 at Burke
Field on Saturday
evening.
Cedarville scored
first, just over
five minutes into
the game, on a set
piece. Given a free
kick from midfield,
the Yellow Jackets
sent a long ball to
the top of the
penalty area that
was headed down but
not cleared by the
Houghton defense.
Cedarville defender
Kyle Segebart, who
had come forward for
the free kick,
slammed home the
loose ball to make
it 1-0.
Throughout the
remainder of the
first half, though,
it was the
Highlanders who
gradually took
control of the game,
winning most
midfield battles and
possessing the ball
for larger amounts
of time.
In the second half,
Houghton created
pressure from the
opening kickoff and
found the net just
about five minutes
in. Off a corner
kick from senior
Josiah Snelgrove,
Haggerty, who had
come forward from
his central
defender’s position
to look for a
header, found a
loose ball instead
and buried it to tie
up the game.
For the rest of the
half the Highlanders
pressed, but were
denied repeatedly.
In the first five
minutes of overtime,
Houghton created
multiple chances,
but couldn’t
connect. Cedarville
came back in the
next five minutes to
gain some
possessions, but no
one could break
through. The second
overtime period
passed uneventfully
and the game ended
1-1.
The Highlanders’
record is now 8-3-5,
with all five ties
being 1-1. The
Yellow Jackets are
7-7-3.
Five
Houghton College
senior players
honored on Saturday
(from left): Josiah
Snelgrove, Andrew
Gent, Tyler
Haggerty, Ernie
Walton, Kendal
Stoltzfus.
Before the game the
Highlanders honored
five seniors who
were ending their
regular-season
careers: Snelgrove,
Haggerty, Ernie
Walton, Andrew Gent
and Kendal Stoltzfus.
Their careers aren’t
over yet, though.
Houghton will host
an American Mideast
Conference playoff
game against rival
Roberts Wesleyan
College on Wednesday
night at 7:00 p.m.
with the winner
advancing to NAIA
regional play.
