The match,

considered a tie for both teams, closes CCSU's season with a record-setting

18-3-1 mark.

"The fans

got their money's worth," said CCSU Coach John Rootes. "I am

very proud of the way our guys competed. It was a very even match with

two of the best defenses in the country. It was just a shame that it couldn't

be decided in regulation."

In the penalty-kick

shoot-out, FMU chose to go first. Patriot sophomore Ricardo Montoya scored,

as did Clayton State sophomore Michael Lynch in the first round. FMU sophomore

Dennis Salomon scored into the right side of the goal, before FMU junior

goalkeeper Mike Frazee dived to his right and stopped the shot of CCSU

freshman Liam Oddie in the second round, giving the Patriots a 2-1 advantage.

The two squads

then traded goals in the next two rounds (FMU's Dzevat Nikocaj and Justin

Smith/CCSU's Marco Capazario and Josh Grenier), before FMU junior defender

Kirk Bevington beat Laker keeper Warren van der Westhuizen in the fifth

round, giving the Patriots an insurmountable 5-3 lead.

"I am

not a big fan of penalty kicks, but our kids converted theirs and Mike

[Frazee] came up with the big save," said FMU head Coach Murray Hartzler.

"When

a match goes to overtime, it takes will power to win. I thought Clayton

State's age experience showed during overtime, in that they were more

composed, but we didn't let the pressure defeat us, and now we have a

victory that the kids can remember for the rest of their lives."

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