The Wabash soccer team battled to a 0-0 draw with Allegheny College in its first North Coast Athletic Conference game of the 2015 campaign.
 
The opening period was marked by non-committal play by both sides. The Little Giants (8-0-1, 0-0-1 NCAC) dominated the opening run of play, but the tides had shifted by the midpoint of the half. Neither team had any real chances throughout the first half and both took a nil-nil score line into the break.
 
Allegheny (1-5-2, 0-0-1 NCAC) took over the momentum of the match in the second half. The Wabash back four were split multiple times by through balls, and Dayton Jennings was forced to come off his line twice to keep the score line level at zero. Wabash challenged the Allegheny defensive group late in the half, but regulation ended with a pair of zeros still on the board.
 
"I give all the credit to Allegheny College," Wabash head coach Chris Keller said. "They came prepared and are a physical side. We mentally weren't focused or ready to compete with that physicality."
 
Both overtime periods were all Wabash, but the Little Giants failed to find the back of the net. Wabash's best look of the afternoon came with seconds to go, as a shot off the foot of Spase Dorsuleski rocketed off of the crossbar and stayed out of the net. The Dorsuleski chance came so late in the match that Wabash was left without time to have a shot on frame from the ensuing rebound, ending the contest in the 0-0 draw.
 
"[In overtime] we started playing like we should and like we've been playing," Keller said. "But, again, credit to Allegheny because they defended well."
 
Wabash outshot the Gators 15-7 on the afternoon and also led in shots on goal 3-2. Nikola Kajmakoski led the way for Wabash with three shots, followed by Mike Gore and Jacques Boulais with two apiece.
 
Jennings had two saves on the day and picked up the draw.
 
Four yellow cards were issued in the match, with Geno James receiving the lone Wabash caution late in the second half.
 
With the draw, Wabash moves to 8-0-1 on the season and 0-0-1 in NCAC play. Wabash will head to Centre College for their last non-conference game of the season on Tuesday before hosting traditional powerhouse Ohio Wesleyan next Saturday. The Ohio Wesleyan game will kick off at 12 p.m.