Akron and Cleveland State Battle to a 3-3 Draw

Monday, September 2

Akron, Ohio

7:00 PM

University of Akron

0-1-3, 0-0-0

Cleveland State

2-0-2, 0-0-0

Cleveland St.

Akron

September 02 | Men's Soccer

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AKRON, Ohio - The University of Akron men's soccer team garnered a brace from redshirt senior Emil Jaaskelainen (Bolton, England) but were unable to capitalize with a victory as the Zips battled Cleveland State to a 3-3 draw on Monday (Sept. 2) at FirstEnergy Stadium.

How it Happened

Cleveland State assumed a 1-0 lead in the match after an own goal at the 2:34 mark.

The Zips responded to tie the game when Jaaskelainen netted his first goal as a Zip in the eighth minute (7:03) off an assist from junior Stefan Dobrijevic (Uniontown, Ohio).

Senior Wan Kuzri Wan Kamal (Carbondale, Ill.) gave Akron at 2-1 lead at the 13:59 mark scoring his team-leading second goal of the season.

The Zips held a 2-1 lead at the intermission, outshooting the Vikings in the initial stanza, 8-4.

Cleveland State knotted the match at 2-2 with a 50th minute (49:48) goal from Oskar Von Esebek.

Akron regained the advantage at the 75:16 mark when Jaaskelainen headed home his second goal of the evening. Junior Maximus Barboto (Wayne, N.J.) earned the assist on the tally.

The lead lasted only 1:21 before Matteo Correia netted the equalizer for Cleveland State on an assist by Bojan Kolevski.

Game Notes

Redshirt junior GK Mitch Budler (LIncoln, Neb.) recorded three saves for the Zips out of 12 total Vikings shots.
Akron put nine shots on goal
Jaaskelainen, Dobrijevic and redshirt senior Dyson Clapier (Layton, Utah) recorded seven, five and three shots, respectively, for the Zips.

Up Next

Akron welcomes VCU to FirstEnergy Stadium for a 7 p.m. match on Friday (Sept. 6).