Goshen, IN — At the conclusion of Monday evening’s match with Calumet College, Goshen head coach Thavisith Mounsithiraj glanced at the scoreboard, shrugged his shoulders and sighed.

He couldn’t believe his eyes.

After an absolutely dominating performance throughout regulation soccer and two overtimes, Mounsithiraj’s squad did everything possible to win besides finding the net, letting the Crimson Wave escape the Goshen College Soccer Complex with a 0-0 tie. Goshen (1-7-1, 0-1) outshot the Wave by a 14-2 difference and generally kept the ball on its offensive half of the field throughout the match, but still could not find the goal despite countless opportunities.

“We let this one get away,” Mounsithiraj said afterward. “We dominated the match but just could not find the net. In our pregame meeting we discussed maintaining possession and creating quality chances. I thought we did an excellent job of possessing the ball and creating chances, but we just failed to finish.”

Goshen’s front line of sophomore midfielders Lucy Roth and Claire Lagerwey and senior forward Tara Plank were the primary reasons for the Leafs’ offensive dominance, keeping the pressure on Calumet from the opening kick. Sophomores Jodi Birkey and Erica Hartman also got in the mix early, but none could find the back of the Calumet goal.

Lagerwey may have had the best chances to score on the evening, nearly putting the ball into the goal on the Leafs’ lone corner kick of the night in the second half and blasting a 15-foot rocket off the Crimson Wave goalkeeper’s chest midway through the first half. The Leafs failed to convert on the ensuing loose ball, sending a point blank look over the top of the apparatus much to the chagrin of the student-body crowd in attendance.

“Certainly we had much more control over the pace of the game in the first half,” Mounsithiraj said. “I thought we did a good job of controlling the midfield. Even though we continued to dominate in the second half we could not create as many scoring chances. We continued to be hindered by injury and I think that caught up to us in the second half.”

Mounsithiraj was forced to rest Plank at times (bruised calves) along with a variety of others, at one point inserting starting freshman goalkeeper Emmy Gibson into the forward position in hopes of creating a possible scoring opportunity. Gibson didn’t get a quality look at the goal, but it didn’t change the Leafs’ dominating ball control on the evening.

“I felt we had the momentum in both overtimes but again could not finish the ball,” Mounsithiraj said.

Calumet’s only looks at the Goshen net came after counterattacks of the Leafs’ unrelenting pushes upfield. Junior defender Hannah Eash was quick to thwart any serious Calumet pushes, however, maintaining her steady play that has become a trademark throughout the season.

“Hannah Eash anchored the defense stopping any offensive attack and quality chances,” Mounsithiraj said. “Lucy Roth controlled the midfield while Claire Lagerwey had many quality chances at the goal and also distributed the ball well.”

Goshen will not have much time to rest or recuperate as an administrative error caused a glitch in the team’s schedule. Instead of playing Mid-Central Conference foe Taylor University Wednesday night at 5 p.m. — as previously scheduled — the team will host the Trojans Tuesday night, less than 24 hours after stepping off the field in finishing its match with Calumet College. Match time is set for 7 p.m.