Scored Farmington goal vs. Owatonna
(photo by Jim Lindquist)
For the second consecutive Saturday the Tigers found themselves a goal short against a Section 1AA opponent. This time it was a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Owatonna.
"Over the past three years we have played them in afternoon games at their field," Tiger coach Julian Buss said. "Overtime losses on the road, especially on a Saturday are hard to chew."
The hard part about this particular loss was that for most of the afternoon, the visitors got the better of the play, outshooting the Huskies 13-8 for the contest.
"We felt like we should have won," Buss said. "We did a decent job of countering their attacks. Chad (Stivers) had some nice stops and the defense played well.
"But nothing seemed to want to drop in the net. There is a lot of parity in Section 1AA and now it is imperative that we put up a good show against Lakeville South next week because we are 2-2-1 in section games."
Owatonna took an early lead with a goal 12 minutes after the opening kickoff. Brandon Scott scored with 2:34 remaining in the first half off a corner kick from Urive Omana to knot the score at intermission.
After 80 minutes of regulation, the teams played to a scoreless first overtime and then the Huskies netted the game-winner with just 2:41 remaining..
"We had multiple shot opportunities throughout the game that I felt could have gone our way," Buss said, "but we were exceedingly unlucky in that regard."
The Tigers (7-3-2) hope to get back on the winning track Tuesday when they take on Holy Angels at the StarDome in Richfield.
