No. 21 Fort Hays State University used two goals in the second half to earn a 2-2 draw with No. 6 Northeastern State on Thursday night in Tahlequah, Okla.

The Tigers (5-1-1) fell behind 2-0 in the opening frame, but would answer back with two second half goals to force overtime with NSU (3-0-2).

Down 2-0, Daniel Peralta picked up his second goal of the season for FHSU when he nailed a penalty kick to put the Tigers within one.  Then, in the 75th minute, Jaccob Rangel scored his first goal of the year when he took a pass from Ricardo Yeverino and scored.  It was Yeverino’s first assist of the 2013 campaign.

Goalie Jason Babyak had nine saves in the contest and played the entire 110 minutes.

NSU started the game in an offensive fever, recording four shots in the opening eight minutes, and though three were saved by Babyak, Juan Peralta’s shot found the goal at 8:12.

The Tigers would pick up the offensive pace soon after, taking four shots in the first half, but NSU would push the lead to 2-0 in the 38th minute, as Brandon Carter scored for the RiverHawks.

In the 59th minute, NSU’s Eric Crawford was called for a foul on his slide tackle on Yeverino inside the goalie box, forcing a penalty kick that Peralta netted, cutting the RiverHawks’ lead to one (2-1).

At 74:59, Yeverino would cross the ball to Rangel inside the box, and Rangel found net from six feet out to tie the match, eventually sending it to extra time.

FHSU would take five shots in the overtime periods, but was unable to nab a victory, and earned its first draw of the 2013 season.

One-game into their four-game road trip, the Tigers play next at Harding in Searcy, Okla., on Saturday at 1 p.m.

— FHSU Sports Information —