WATERBURY, Conn. – In a tale of two halves, Post University Men's Soccer did battle to a scoreless tie on Wednesday afternoon at LaMoy Field against Dominican (N.Y.), as both sides had a myriad of opportunities over the course of the final 20 minutes to break the seal on the match, but junior goalkeepers Leopold Dufaut and David Arteaga came up with several big plays for the first tie between the two teams since the 2012 season, 0-0. 

THE BASICS

#14 Post University 0, Dominican (N.Y.) 0

#14 Post University (3-0-4, 2-0-1 CACC)

Dominican (N.Y.) (1-5-3, 1-2-1 CACC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
All was quiet in the first half of action as both teams had just five shots apiece, with Arteaga making a save on the only shot attempt he faced on goal, while Dufaut's defense in front of him prevented him from having to face a single shot on goal. Offensively, Post held on a 2-1 edge on corner kicks with Dominican (N.Y.) proving to be the more aggressive team on the fouls front, committing six in 45 minutes en route to 16 fouls in the entire match after accounting for ten more in the second half.

After a quiet first 25 minutes of the second half, senior midfielder Lucas Fernandes looked to beat Arteaga on a free kick with 20 minutes remaining, locating the ball just over the right corner of the net out of play. Senior forward Oscar Chazalet would provide the first real chance of the afternoon for the Chargers when a loose ball led to a two-on-one opportunity between Chazalet and sophomore midfielder Lorien Davies Carerra. Carrera's pass to Chazalet would leave him all alone with Dufaut, but the junior would get low and stop the high percentage chance with 10 1/2 minutes to go, which would end up being the only shot on goal of the match for Dominican (N.Y.).

The opportunities would continue to come inside of 10 minutes to go as graduate forward Tiago Feler received a pair of touch passes leading to a one-on-one situation with Arteaga, but his sliding shot was pulled left of the goal mouth at the 6:30 mark, keeping it scoreless. Feler would have another attempt to give the Eagles the lead with 1:10 left when graduate midfielder Sami Charaf Amal crossed a pass into the box, and the graduate student would head it out of reach of Arteaga, but off the crossbar and out of harm's way. 

Moments before that, senior midfielder Henrique Zachello found space, lifting a ball to the left of Dufaut out of play, the last chance the Chargers would have to take the lead. Right before the buzzer sounded, junior forward Aidan Tross lifted a ball in the direction of Arteaga, who harmlessly brought the ball down, ending the match in a 0-0 tie for the first time since 2010. 

BY THE NUMBERS

• Leopold Dufaut stretches his shutout streak to four consecutive games after stopping the only shots he faced in the second half from Dominican (N.Y.)
• Unbeaten through seven games to start the season, this is the best start Post University has had since 2011, when they were unbeaten through nine matches
• Post University's unbeaten streak has been extended to ten consecutive games dating back to the start of the NCAA Tournament last fall
• Today's tie was only the third in program history between Post University and Dominican (N.Y.) and first since the 2012 season -- Two of the three ties have been 0-0 affairs, with the other one coming in 2010

WHO'S NEXT
Post University heads on the road this Saturday at 2:30 PM to face Holy Family University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Eagles are unbeaten in their last six matchups with the Tigers after having their five-game winning streak snapped against them last year at home in a 1-1 tie.