How It Happened
Colorado School of Mines (1-2-1) was forced to settle for a 0-0 draw at Point Loma (1-0-3) in the Orediggers final game in California on Saturday, September 10.

The Orediggers came out looking for a goal early as they put up four shots with in the first 15 minutes of the contest. After a header save by goalkeeper Leo Chely at 18', Mines continued their assault of the goal in the first half with Nikolaus Grotz (twice), Ryan Blarr and Bryce Townsend each putting a shot on target. 

Unfortunately, even with the Orediggers outshooting Point Loma 10-4 and 4-1 on shots on goal, it still remained scoreless at intermission. 

The second half was more of the same as Mines continued to put the offensive pressure on the Sea Lions, but were unable to push one across the goal mouth. The Orediggers put two more shots on target in the second half both in the 74' and only six seconds apart.

Point Loma showed a lot more fight in OT as they came out and nearly won the game 29 seconds in, but Leo Chely kept the Sea Lions off the board. The PLU offensive onslaught continued into overtime as they put up seven shots in total over the majority of the two extra time periods, but Mines nearly stole the match at the end. 

In the 109', freshman Jason Zobott nearly won the game, but PLU keeper Michael Lambert made the save to preserve the scoreless draw.

Notables
-    Mines won the shots battle 18-16 and 7-5 on shots on goal.
-    Leo Chely made five saves to keep Point Loma off the scoreboard.
-    Nikolaus Grotz led the Orediggers with five shots and two on target.
-    Another physical game for Mines as there were 30 combined fouls (17-13 Mines), and five yellow cards (4-1 Mines) handed out.
-    Orediggers edged out the corner kick battle, 5-4.

Up Next
Mines begins RMAC play next Wednesday as they head to nearby Colorado Christian on September 14.