The University of Mary Washington men's soccer team drew with Salisbury in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference championship game, 0-0, but fell in penalty kicks, 5-4, in Salisbury, Md.
The chances for the Eagles were few and far between as they took 10 shots with one on goal by
Andrew Brittain in the 48', while Salisbury had 17 with nine of them on goal.
Johnathan Irani saved all nine of the Sea Gull chances in net as he went to work early. His first came in the 3' on an attempt that found his leaping hands.
Irani's next save came in the 40', but those were the two lone solid opportunities Salisbury had in the first half. In the second, Irani recorded saves in the 50', then again in the 62' and the 64. His fourth save of the half came in the 70' before Salisbury was off target with its next two shots. His final save in the second half came with under seven minutes of play to send the scoreless game into overtime.
Salisbury had one chance each in the overtime periods, but Irani corralled both of the Sea Gull attempts to break the tie and with it, the two teams went to a shoot out to determine the conference champion.
Elliot Berg stepped up first and made his attempt, while
Michael Lenhard did the same in their final games in Eagle uniforms. The third attempt was missed by UMW, but Rónán Quigley and Gerrard Vayloi came through to give UMW its third and fourth makes of the shoot out. But it wasn't enough as the Sea Gulls made all five of their attempts.
The Eagles conclude the 2026 campaign with a 10-5-3 record -- their fourth season with double-digit victories in the last five with a bright future ahead.
