ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell men's soccer team and UMass played to a 1-1 draw Tuesday night at Berman Field after facility lighting problems forced the game to end with 15 minutes left in regulation.
Blake Donahue scored for the Big Red (6-2-1) in the 50th minute, and Cornell outshot the Minutemen 14-6 over the game's 74 minutes and 16 seconds. UMass (4-5-3) got a first-half goal from Matt Hawkins and held on behind goalkeeper Crew Hartlage, who made six saves.
UMass struck first against the run of play. Hawkins finished at 24:34, assisted by Thomas Wadas, to give the Minutemen a 1-0 lead. Cornell held a 7-5 edge in first-half shots and a 5-2 edge in corners but went to the break trailing.
The Big Red drew level at 49:31. Justin Melly set up Donahue for the equalizer, which came seconds after UMass was shown its third yellow card of the night.
Cornell controlled the rest of the match, putting six of its seven second-half shots on target. After the goal, Hartlage turned away five consecutive saved attempts from Melly, Adam Schaban, Donahue, Aidan Martin and Bennett Wehibe. UMass managed one shot after the break.
Filip Versterre played the full match in goal for Cornell and made one save.
UMass was whistled for 15 fouls to Cornell's eight and collected four yellow cards. Cornell had none.
The game was stopped with 15:44 on the clock and not resumed.
Cornell returns home Saturday to face Penn at 4 p.m., resuming Ivy League play. The Big Red are 2-0-0 in the conference.
