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FAIRFAX, Va. – The Patriots played to a 3-3 draw against No. 15 Marshall on Tuesday night at George Mason Stadium.

George Mason (1-1-1) took the lead over Marshall (1-0-2) early in the first half.  Fifth-year midfielder Matias de Jesus worked past a defender and scored his second goal of the season past the diving Thundering Herd goalkeeper inside the right post to put the Patriots in front 1-0.

In the 42nd minute, redshirt-freshman John Balkey played a perfect pass ahead to senior forward Kelly Janssen, who scored his first goal of the season into the lower left corner of the net to send the Patriots into the half up 2-0.

George Mason increased the lead early in the second half.  In the 57th minute, sophomore forward Matthew Dean chipped the ball to Balkey, who sailed a 40-yard pass ahead to senior midfielder Quentin Clain.  Clain expanded the distance on the nearest defender, dribbled into the penalty area one-on-one with the charging goalkeeper and netted his first goal of the season into lower right corner to make it 3-0.

Marshall got on the board in the 69th minute when junior midfielder Nikita Pakhomov scored from 26 yards out into the upper right corner.

Patriots' sophomore goalkeeper Angel Hernandez left the game with redshirt-senior Jack Desroches taking over in net.

In the 78th minute, Desroches made a spectacular save on a penalty kick, diving out to his right to make the save to keep the lead at two goals.

Marshall freshman forward Joshua Nugent scored his first collegiate goal in the 81st minute and senior defender Thiago Apolinario netted the equalizer in the 86th minute of play for the 3-3 final score.

HOW THEY SCORED

5' | de Jesus scored with the right foot from 13 yards outs into the lower right corner.
42'| Janssen scored with the right foot from 16 yards out into the lower left corner
57'| Claine scored with the right foot from 16 yards out into lower right corner.
69'| Pakhomov scored with the right foot from 26 yards out into the upper right corner.
81'| Nugent scored with the left foot from eight yards out into the left corner.
86'| Apolinario scored with the left foot from six yards out into the upper-center.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

The Thundering Herd outshot the Patriots, 12-10, including an 8-6 advantage in shots on goal.  Marshall earned seven corner kicks and George Mason did not have a corner kick in the match.

For the Patriots, de Jesus (48 MIN) recorded his second goal in as many games, while Janssen (50 MIN) and Clain (49 MIN) each scored their first goal of the season.

Balkey (64 MIN) recorded two assists and Dean (50 MIN) posted his first assist with the Patriots.

NEXT

The Patriots are on the road to face West Virginia on Monday, September 7 with the opening kick scheduled for 7 p.m. in Morgantown, WVa.