For the first time in program history Lourdes picked up a hard-earned point against the University of Northwestern Ohio on Wednesday afternoon as the Gray Wolves and Racers battled to a 1-1 draw at Wildcat Stadium.
 
"UNOH is a much better team than their record reflects," head coach Matt Johnson said afterwards.  "It was a really high tempo game and very physical.  It was pretty unfortunate that we got the red card when we did.  Prior to that I thought we were starting to create some good chances.  It's really difficult going down a player against a team of their quality but give credit to our guys.  We kept fighting and got a point out of the match."
 
Northwestern Ohio (1-5-3, 0-0-2 WHAC) found the scoreboard first with just under 10 minutes to play before halftime.  The Racers had a two-on-one in the offensive end when Moritz Guettel found Diego Cerezo, who fired a shot that just ricocheted off the cross bar across the goal line.
 
The Gray Wolves evened the match just 37 seconds later.  Following a handball in the box by the Racers, Martin Coronel (Asuncion, Paraguay/San Jose H.S.) stepped up and converted the penalty kick for his second goal of the season.
 
The match remained deadlocked into intermission with Northwestern Ohio holding an 8-3 advantage.  The Racers outshot Lourdes for the match 18-10 and played with a man advantage for the final 9:22 following a Gray Wolf red card.
 
Alex Brock (Sylvania, Ohio/Southview H.S.) made three saves, including a pair of diving stops, to keep the match deadlocked for the Gray Wolves while Georgios Theodoulide had three saves for Northwestern Ohio.
 
Lourdes (1-3-4, 1-0-1) remains home on Saturday afternoon as the Gray Wolves entertain Lawrence Tech.  Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. at Wildcat Stadium.