The Johnson & Wales University men's soccer team battled the Emerson Lions to a 1-1 tie in a Great Northeast Athletics Conference contest at Pierce Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

With eleven minutes left in the first half, Johnson & Wales sophomore Ben Bellows (Chester, Conn.) had a penalty kick opportunity squandered by Lions keeper Noah Price (Apex, N.C.) on a diving save to his right. That would be the high point of the half as neither team could convert despite four shots on goal apiece. Emerson took a 9-5 shot advantage into the half with the score tied 0-0.

Seven minutes into the second half, sophomore Jacob Lawrence (Clifton, Va.) put in a cross from senior Eric Dabdoub (Monterrey, Mexico) to put Emerson up 1-0. Bellows responded minutes later with a blast from 30 yards out to knot the contest at one goal apiece. The teams would battle through the rest of regulation, ending in a 1-1 tie.

Each team had limited chances and could not produce after one overtime period. With time running out in the second OT, freshman Eric Delgado (Pawtucket, R.I.) put a ball on net that tipped of Price's hands and then the post leaving the final score at 1-1.

Senior Joe Ferraro (Freehold, N.J.) had four saves in goal for the Wildcats while Price tallied sxi saves for Emerson.

Johnson & Wales is now 2-10-2, 1-5-1 in the GNAC while Emerson is 6-7-1 and 4-2-1 in conference play. The Wildcats will return to action on Wednesday, October 20^th when they host Mount Ida for a Great Northeast Athletic Conference contest at 3:30 p.m.