EDWARDSVILLE – In a match played entirely in the rain, the Wilkes University men's soccer team played to a 1-1 draw with cross-town rival King's College Tuesday night at Bruggeworth Field.
 
Wilkes moved to 6-6-3 overall and 1-3-1 in MAC Freedom matches while King's stands 11-4-1 overall and 2-2-1 in conference contests.
 
King's opened the scoring in the match when Alastair Dinnan took a through ball from Pat Holton inside the box and deposited the shot past the Colonel goalie inside the right post to give the Monarchs a 1-0 lead just 2:41 in.
 
Wilkes responded :53 later as Nicholas Gaydos (Bloomsburg, PA/Central Columbia) ripped a shot that deflected off a King's defender and into the goal tying the game at 1-1.
 
The Colonels looked to take their first lead late in the first half, but a shot from Marc Kyriakidis (Sleepy Hollow, NY/Plesantville) just inside the box was saved by a sprawling Monarch goalie Connor McKeown who was able to get his hand on the ball to keep the score tied at the break.
 
Wilkes had another scoring chance in the 56^th minute of the second half when Kyle Bentz (Camp Hill, PA/Camp Hill) took a cross from Danny McGinley (Brodheadsville, PA/Pleasant Valley) but was whistled for offside as his shot beat the Monarch keeper. The Colonels continued the counter attack with another great opportunity to take the advantage in the 65^th minute, but Seth Fowler's (Mechanicsville, MD/Chopticon) slide across the crease of the goal barely missed a Gabriel Nieves (Yorktown Heights, NY/Lakeland Senior) cross keeping the game tied at 1.
 
King's best chance in the second frame came in the 80^th minute as Wilkes' goalie Zach Tone's (Easton, PA/Easton Area) clear found the foot of Fabio Massa from 10 yards out, but the sophomore made the save to keep the ball out of the net.
 
Each team traded corner kicks with under five minutes left, but neither could muster the game-winning tally as the match went into the extra session.
 
After a scoreless first overtime period, Bentz looked to end the game early in the second overtime frame, but his diving shot in front of the goal was block by a King's defender as the game continued to remain tied at 1.
 
King's outshot Wilkes 22-10 in the game while garnering four corner kicks to the Colonels three attempts.
 
Tone finished with six saves in net for Wilks while McKeown made six stops for King's.
 
Wilkes continues its MAC Freedom schedule Saturday when the Colonels travel to Center Valley, Pa. for a match at DeSales University starting at 3:00 p.m.