BALTIMORE – Dylan van der Walt made three saves and logged his first clean sheet of the season on Tuesday night, and the Loyola University Maryland men's soccer team played to a 0-0 draw with the University of Pennsylvania at Ridley Athletic Complex.
Playing without a pair of starters from Saturday's game, the Greyhounds held a 9-2 advantage in shots in the first half, but Penn posted seven in the second half to Loyola's four.
Grayson Parks had the first quality chance for either team, turning near the top of the 18 and shooting a ball that hooked just off frame in the 31
st minute.
Loyola looked to get on the board less than four minutes later when a pass went to
Jeremiah Zuniga on the wide left side. His hard, left-footed shot drilled the cross bar and bounced down, but it was cleared by the Quakers' defense and away from harm.
Danilo Seglio had three first-half shots, two that were on goal and saved by Nick Christoffersen, and
Thomas Gray and
Jahvar Stephenson both had attempts blocked before halftime as Loyola had a 62 percent to 38 percent advantage in possession before the break.
Penn (2-2-2 overall) came out with two shots in the first 12 minutes of the second half, and Mateo Zazueta put an attempt on frame that van der Walt saved in the 66
th minute.
The Quakers continued to apply pressure, but the Greyhounds countered when Zuniga gained possession deep in Loyola's defensive end and carried up field. He centered a ball into the box that Parks played with his head, but Christoffersen smothered it and kept Loyola (0-1-6) off the scoreboard.
Jack Wagoner and Charlie Gaffney had dangerous shots that went just off target for Penn in the 78
th and 81
st minutes, and van der Walt made a save on a Gaffney attempt in the 89
th minute.
Tyler Tucker won a corner for Loyola in the waning seconds of the match, but the set piece did not result in a shot, and the teams ended in a draw.
Loyola will head on the road for the first time in Patriot League play this season, playing at Colgate University on Saturday, September 23, with a 1 p.m. start.
