Box Score Wabash saw its five-game winning streak come to a close Wednesday night with a 2-2 tie versus Hanover.

The tie means the Little Giants matched the mark of consecutive wins to open the season set by the 1996 Wabash soccer with five consecutive victories. This year's team can still match the best overall start to a season without suffering a loss. The 1986 Little Giants posted a 9-0-1 record after tying Denison at 1-1 to start the year before reeling off nine straight victories.

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Wabash opened the scoring in the seventh minute when Steve Magura scored his first goal of the season off a Stojan Krsteski pass for a 1-0 lead. Hanover leveled the score in the eleventh minute when Will Bridgeman beat Dayton Jennings in the lower-ninety of the goal.
 
Blake Jennings put Wabash back in front with his second goal of the season on a shot in the thirty-second minute to give the Little Giants a goal advantage heading into the second half.
 
Hanover (1-5-1) knotted score once again with the lone goal in the second half. Matt Grau headed a throw-in past a diving Dayton Jennings to equalize the match.  Through the remainder of the second period and both overtime sessions, neither team able to score the winner. The Little Giants had more chances late in the match, but none found the back of the Hanover net.
 
"It's a good attitude from the guys when a tie feels like a loss," Wabash Head Coach Chris Keller said. "I think that's the attitude we have and I'm proud of the fact that we took that as a loss. Ties aren't good enough anymore, only winning is good enough for this program."
Three Little Giants picked up assists in the match. Krsteski picked up the assist on the Magura goal while Mike Gore and Francisco Trejo assisted on the Jennings finish.
 
The Little Giants dominated Hanover in both the shots and shots on goal columns. Wabash outshot the Panthers by a margin of 19-9, with 9 of those being on target. The Hanover goalkeeper was forced into seven saves by the Little Giant attack, while Little Giant goalkeeper Dayton Jennings only made a single save on the day.
 
"We played well," Keller said. "We had some injuries early on. We recovered well from those and we missed just a few chances."
 
Wabash (5-0-1) returns to the pitch this coming Monday when the Grizzlies of Franklin College come to Mud Hollow Stadium. The match kicks off at 4:30 p.m.