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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The No. 5-ranked Northeastern State men's soccer team earned its third shutout of the season with a 0-0 draw with Rogers State University Wednesday night at DeLoache Field.
 
The RiverHawks (5-0-3) outshot the Hillcats (3-5-1) by a 29-12 margin, but neither side was able to crack the defense for 110 minutes.
 
Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Jackson Biles (2-0-1) recorded his first-career clean sheet after stopping all three shots faced in the contest. His most impressive save came in the 99th minute when Garron Hayes headed a corner kick on frame. Biles snatched the ball out of the air and made sure the visitors would not get on the board.
 
RSU keeper Joey Arnold (3-3-1) finished with eight saves and also earned a shutout.
 
The best opportunity for either team to score came in the 80th minute when the referee pointed to the spot after a foul inside the Rogers State penalty area. Sophomore forward Joel Mendoza attempted the penalty kick, but he missed high.

Sophomore midfielder Crosby Lee led NSU with five shots, but none were on frame. Four other RiverHawks attempted four shots. Kaspars Kokis led the Hillcats with four shots, while Danko Kenjic had three.
 
Northeastern State remains home for four more matches, the next being a 7 p.m. showdown Oct. 11 against Midwestern State.
 
Scoring Summary
RSU                 0          0          0          0          –          0
NSU                 0          0          0          0          –          0
 
Individual Scoring
none
 
Goalkeeper Saves
Joey Arnold (RSU) – 8
Jackson Biles (NSU) – 3
 
NORTHEASTERN STATE COACH ROB CZLONKA
Statement…
"I thought we defended well. It's always positive when you keep a scoreless sheet. We've now played three straight halves of scoreless soccer, and that's something we've been working a lot on. Obviously our finishing needs a little bit of work. We were given a gift of a PK, but we weren't able to capitalize on that and that's frustrating. Our shot selection was not great, and taking better shots is something that we need to focus on. We need to get into more high percentage scoring opportunities."
 
On Jackson Biles…
"Jackson's performance was solid. He made a few errors here and there that thankfully didn't cost us. But as soon as that error happened, he responded with really good saves. The save he made on the corner kick in overtime was tremendous."
 
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