Box Score AUSTIN, Texas - The St. Edward's men's soccer team battled hard throughout the match and two overtimes but walked away with a 0-0 tie to Incarnate Word on Friday afternoon.

In the first half, St. Edward's (7-4-1) had a tough time trying to stop Incarnate Word's offense, which put up five shots, with two of them hitting the post, in the first eight minutes of the match.

The Hilltopper defense clamped down and allowed only one shot the rest of the first half. In the second half, Incarnate Word (9-1-2) took the first shot in the 47 thminute but the shot went high over the crossbar. Soon after, two red cards were given out, one for either team, and both teams were forced to play with 10 men. In the 76 thminute, Jesus Cortez had an open goal and took the shot but at the last minute Terry Stewart (Junior, Prudhoe, England) was there to play the ball off the back line and out of harm's way to keep the score knotted at 0-0. In the first overtime, the Hilltoppers almost took the match with a shot by Trey Perkins (Senior, Keller, Texas) in the 96 thminute but the shot hit the post and Joeski Williams (Senior, St. Paul, St. Kitts) was off by a few inches from tapping it in the goal.

The match went into its second overtime but neither team was able to connect the ball with the back of the net.

The match resulted in a tie at 0-0. The Hilltoppers will be back in action Tuesday afternoon when they take on the University of Houston-Victoria. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. at the SEU Soccer Field.