Doogan’s Goal Ends Season on High Note (10/29/06)
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BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings men’s soccer team held on for the 1-0 shutout win Sunday over the visiting Texas – Permian Basin Falcons.  The Jackets end their 18-game season 5-11-2 while the Falcons dropped to 7-8-2.

Very windy conditions made it difficult to control the ball as both the Jackets and the Falcons battled for a win in the final game of the season.  The first 45 minutes resulted in a scoreless tie but just 1:22 into the second half Jarred Weisen (Great Falls, MT) pushed the ball into the corner and made a short pass to teammate Sam Charles (Chiswell, England).  Charles made a quick cross to a waiting Jay Doogan (Glasgow, Scotland) who fired the shot from about three yards out finding the back of the Falcons’ net.  Doogan’s goal, his first of the season, turned out to be the eventual game-winner.

The Falcons outshot the Jackets 16-14 overall but the Yellowjackets had the 7-5 shots-on-goal advantage.  The Falcons’ Gage Peterson recorded six saves in the game while his counterpart Sander Tollefson (Missoula, MT) made five.  The shutout marks Tollefson’s fourth of the season and is a school record for shutouts in a single season.