Creighton University
Bradley University
Creighton Comes From Behind to Win MVC Men's Soccer Tournament in Overtime
11/5/2006 2:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Creighton (13-4-3) trailed 1-0 after a Joe Donoho penalty kick in the 61st minute provided Bradley's (8-8-4) only score of the match. The kick was awarded after a hand ball inside the box was whistled against the Bluejays.
The Jays had a variety of chances to tie the match before Dacy's equalizer. The Bluejays out-shot the Braves 20-2 in the second half and 3-0 in the five minutes of overtime. But it came down to a Ryan Junge throw-in with less than 10 seconds to play. Junge's long throw went into the box where Tony Schmitz got a foot on the ball and Dacy managed to blast a shot past BU keeper Mike Haynes.
CU continued its dominance in the brief overtime period. The game-winning score was set up by a pass from Andrew Peterson out wide to Jarod Tarver. Tarver sent the ball into the middle where Schuler, an
The win was CU's first this year when the opponent scored first, as CU is now 1-3-0 in such situations. The victory adds to the Jays' record MVC tournament title total, giving the Jays their 10th championship, as they were appearing in their 12th title match.
Dacy was named the tournament MVP, while Schuler, senior Michael Kraus and junior Tim Bohnenkamp were also represented on the all-tourney team.
The win locks up Creighton's 15th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance (only Virginia, UCLA, Indiana and St. John's have been to each of the last 14 along with the Bluejays).
The team will gather with fans at Pauli's in
NOTES: Creighton is now 26-5-1 all-time in MVC Tourney play, the most wins in league history ...Creighton's 10 MVC Tourney titles are more than the rest of the league combined ...Creighton repeats as MVC Tourney champions for the first time since 1997-98 ...Creighton head coach Bob Warming is now 16-3-1 in MVC Tourney action, with six titles to his credit ...Creighton is now 10-2-0 all-time in MVC Tourney title tilts, 4-0 against Bradley ...Creighton is now 18-4-0 all-time against Bradley, including 9-1 in the last 10 meetings ...Creighton improved to 6-1-0 this year and 18-2-0 over past two seasons when Byron Dacy records a point ... Dacy now leads the team with 16 points on five goals and six assists ... Schuler's goal was his third of the season, all of which have been game-winner's ... He also scored an overtime game-winner against Georgetown (Sept. 1) ... The overtime match was Creighton's eighth of the season, a school record ... The Jays are now 3-2-3 in overtime this season ... Kraus has been on the MVC All-Tournament team in three straight seasons ... Dacy was also on the all-tournament team last year.
