"I thought we played pretty well [defensively] - I thought it was real even - we just had two slip-ups, [where] we lost those guys, little breakdowns on how they got their first two," said Sharpshooters defender Graham Harris, who, along with center back partner Drew Braun, cut out several attacks. "The second half, those last two, we were just pushing real hard and they caught us."

SHARPSHOOTERS' CHANCES: With the game scoreless, good interplay beyond midfield by Jon Cary and Dan Barrie pushed the ball out wide to Zach Schwartz, who served a bending cross into the box. Barrie got his head on the ball but couldn't direct it on frame.

Throughout the first 45 minutes, Amherst strung together passes in the midfield through central trio Cody Rouse, Brandon Loncar and Brendan Lawler, but chances were scarce.

"I thought we had spells in the first half where we did a good job of moving the ball into the attacking end when we got down there - I don't think we got enough established possession in the attacking third of the field," noted Trevor Lawler, who's recovering from a torn ACL.

"Overall there were decent spells throughout the game, but we didn't string it together consistently enough over the 90."