Greencastle, Ind. - DePauw men's soccer defeats Rose-Hulman 2-1 with a penalty kick goal delivered by Braden Murphey in the final minutes.
Senior forward Braden Murphey took the first shot of the game, gaining possession of a contested ball and shooting from the top of the penalty area missing wide right.
The Fighting Engineers opened the scoring by dodging defenders and shooting cross net into the bottom right corner just out of Ortner's reach, to give Rose-Hulman a 1-0 lead at 12:11.
Tigers drew a fast action corner, drawing the ball into the center of the field and heading it towards the net before junior defender Harrison Engel fed the ball to junior midfielder Julian Bell, who delivered the team's first goal of the night. The goal tied up the score 1-1 at 19:50.
Senior forward Joey Vehovsky took a high off-target shot with less than five minutes left as a final effort to break the tie before halftime.
With 54 seconds remaining in the first half Coach McCarthy challenged a play, calling for a foul in the penalty box where it appeared freshman forward Paolo Girandola was shoved from behind by a Rose-Hulman player causing him to fall forward and inhibit his ability to attempt a header into the net.
At halftime, the teams were tied up 1-1 with DePauw leading in shots 5-3 and corners 7-1.
The Tigers had their best chance of scoring at 77:59 when Matthew Fogo juked out a defender with a twisted dribble and a long pass to Braden Murphey who made a high shot off-target from inside the penalty box.
With three minutes remaining, the Rose-Hulman coaches challenged a foul called on a Fighting Engineer who fouled Roman Girandola inside the penalty box. Shooting into the bottom left corner off the right foot on the penalty kick, Murphey drew the goalie in the opposite direction leaving a wide open goal for the Tigers to score the game winning goal with 3:06 remaining in regulation.
DePauw edged Rose-Hulman in shots 13-3. Sam Ortner faced no shots on goal. Tigers drew nine corners compared to the Fighting Engineers one.
Cole Bubalo drew a yellow card at 52:49.
Murphey tallied four shots on goal with Bell and Sami Ahmed tallying one each.
With the win, DePauw moves to 4-1 overall, while Rose-Hulman falls to 2-1-2. The Tigers will return to action on Saturday in St. Louis, when they take on WashU at 6 p.m. CDT.
