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Late Goal Earns Bulls A 2-2 Draw At Bucknell

Dan Bulley

After a scoreless first half, Marrello became the first multi-goal scorer of the year for Buffalo (5-2-1) when he scored within the first minute of the second half. Martin John (Ottawa, Ontario/Lisgar Collegiate) began the play with a pass to Dominic Oppong (Scarborough, Ontario/Cardinal Newman) who touched the ball to Marrello who fired a rocket past the Bison goalkeeper to give UB a 1-0 lead.

Alex Marrello

Bucknell (1-3-3) evened the match when Conor O'Brien scored on a free kick in the 72nd minute and O'Brien gave Bucknell a lead in the 81th minute when he scored on a header from Mark Schmiegel. With just less than six minutes remaining, Buffalo drew the match back to even when Dan Bulley scored off a feed from Dezi Lara (Fyzabad, Trinidad & Tobago/Naparima). For Bulley, the goal was his second of the season, tying him with Marrello for the team lead.

So for the fourth time in their last five matches, Buffalo went into overtime. The Bulls earned two corner kicks during the additional 20 minutes, UB won the corner kick battle 8-3, but Buffalo was unable to find a game-winner. Robert Shuttleworth (Tonawanda, NY/Nichols) made five saves, including one in overtime, while the Bulls forced Bucknell goalkeeper Joey Kuterbach into making four stops.

Buffalo will return to action on Sunday afternoon when they travel to Detroit, kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.