Ezekiel Foltz doubled up on the game winner, first making a save on a Concordia penalty kick and then converted on a penalty kick of his own, to push the Northwestern College men's soccer team into the semifinal of the GPAC postseason tournament with a 0-0 (2OT), 10-9 penalty kicks against the Bulldogs in the quarterfinals.
Northwestern will meet up against 16th-ranked and top overall seed, Morningside, in a semifinal on Tuesday, April 13 at 7pm in Sioux City.
Scoreless after 90 minutes of regulation time and two, 10-minute overtime periods, the match was forced into penalty kicks to decide the teams' fate. Both Concordia and Northwestern made all five of their initial kicks to force sudden death; Foltz stopped the fifth Bulldogs attempt and then was selected by head coach
Dan Swier to take the Raiders 10th penalty kick attempt, which he drove past Concordia goalkeeper Federico Andrea Simonetti to set off a wild celebration by teammates and fans alike.
The teams battled for 110 minutes of tense action; Northwestern accounted for four shots on-goal compared to seven by the Bulldogs.
Matt Roll,
Jacey McFaddin,
Juan Mackrey and
Philippe Patri all recorded shots on-goal for Coach Swier's squad.
Foltz made seven saves in goal; his counterpart, Andrea Simonetti, stopped four Northwestern shots.
Below is the list of the 10 Northwestern players, and their order, who converted their penalty kick:
