In full stride: Junior Noah Streib out-hussles a Westminster player as the fans look on in a nailbiting, double overtime loss last Saturday.

The Oberlin College men’s soccer team lost to Westminster College last Saturday, but found their fire late in the game in Wednesday’s match-up with Case Western Reserve University, coming back from a 0-2 score and taking the game into double overtime. The game against CWRU ended in a tie, but the momentum they’ve gained will hopefully carry them through the next couple weeks as they prepare for conference play.

The Yeomen have had a solid start to the season with an overall record of 4-3-2. They have maintained excellent possession in many of their games but are struggling to find the back of the net. This was true in their first game of the week against Westminster, in which they out-shot their opponents 16-9 but lost the game 2-1.

Junior forward Josh Treuhaft started off the scoring in the Westminster game, sending the ball over the head of the Titans keeper in the final minutes of the first half. Oberlin continued to dominate play in the second half, but an aggressive play in the box by junior defender Evan Childress awarded Westminster with a penalty kick that they completed with ease, tying the game at 1-1. Oberlin fought hard, bringing the game into double overtime, but were ultimately defeated as the Titans’ lead scorer, Garrett Harvatti, broke through the defense to make the game-winning goal and end the game.

It looked like the score would be similarly disappointing for the Yeomen as they fell behind 2-0 early in the second half in Wednesday’s game against CWRU. Although things looked bleak, Oberlin never let down. They picked up their intensity in the second half, spurred by a goal made by first-year Sam Zackheim. Zackheim went on to lead the Yeomen, completing his second goal of the game with less than three minutes left in regulation play and taking the game into overtime.

Anxious to score in overtime the Yeomen’s play was aggressive but not as smart, making shots on goal that were easily picked off by Case’s keeper and ultimately resulting in a tie. Overall the Yeomen out-shot Case 27-7, making the outcome of the game especially disappointing.

“I feel like we really dominated both games, making it that much more frustrating when we didn’t finish strong,” said Childress.

The soccer team plays at home this weekend, facing soff against Carnegie Mellon University at 1 p.m. on Saturday.