FENTON, Mo. - Webster University saw its men's soccer season come to an end here Thursday evening in the semifinals of the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament as they played third-seeded Greenville to a scoreless draw in double overtime, before the Panthers bested the No. 2 seeded Gorloks, 3-2 in a penalty kick shootout in front of a rain-soaked crowd of 327 fans at World Wide Technology Soccer Park. 

With the shootout win, the Panthers (14-4-2) advance to Saturday's SLIAC Tournament Championship match as the Panthers hosted fourth-seeded Iowa Wesleyan, who earned its spot in the finals following its 2-1 semifinal win at No. 1 seeded Spalding, who was the regular season SLIAC Champion. Webster closes the season with a 14-4-2 overall record and suffered its second straight elimination from the SLIAC Tournament in a shootout as Webster and Principia played to a scoreless draw in last year's semifinals, but the Principia advanced 4-1 on penalty kicks.

"It was a great game by both teams tonight. Plays were made by both teams, shots being stopped, ball off the goal line, you name it, each team had chances as each team came up with plays to keep it 0-0," said Webster head coach Mike Siener following the conclusion of Thursday's match. "You know how it is, it's always unfortunate when you have to end the game in a penalty kick situation. That was about as good as you want a soccer game to be. Two good teams going at it and we fell just short in PK's."

In the shootout, both teams made their first two shots, before both teams failed to connect on their third shots. Greenville's Juan Jose Herranz would make the its fourth shot to give Greenville a 3-2 lead. Freshman midfielder Issac Pearson (St. Louis, Mo./Maplewood-Richmond Heights) had his shot saved by Greenville goalkeeper Nick Holland, but the Panthers failed to convert on its fifth and final shot of the shootout as Ruben Martinez's attempt was saved by Webster freshman goalkeeper Matt Coffey (Eureka, Mo./Eureka), who made WU's second shot in the shootout.

With Martinez's miss, Webster had one final chance to keep the match going as junior midfielder Juan Garcia (St. Charles, Mo./Duchesne) stepped up to take the Gorloks' fifth and final shot. His shot, though, appeared to be on target initially, but ended up going wide left, which set off a wild celebration for the Panther and end Webster's season.

In addition to Coffey, Webster's other made shot during the shootout came from sophomore midfielder Hunter Olaso (Kailua-Kona, Hawaii/Kealakehe). Greenville's made shots in the shootout came from Edgar Bueno, Max Schimmelpfenning and Herranz.

Despite the shootout loss, Webster recorded its 15th shutout of the season, which is the most in the program's history. Prior to the this season, the school record for shutouts was 11 set in 2005, 1999 and 1995. In addition, the 14 wins this season is tied for third on the school's single season chart. 

The Gorloks opened this season by posting shutouts in seven consecutive matches and had shutouts in six of its nine league matches, including posting a scoreless draw in double overtime during the regular season against Greenville. In 220 minutes this season, Webster and Greenville didn't score against each other and in fact, Greenville hasn't scored a goal against Webster since tallying four goals in the semifinals of the 2015 SLIAC Tournament, a match Greenville won, 4-2. In 2016, Webster defeated Greenville, 2-0 and then posted a 1-0 win in 2017. 

"This conference is really competitive, it's fun, a lot of good teams, good coaches and good players," Siener added. "It was a good game, exactly what I expected. We played two overtime games and neither team scored and I thought when we played them the first time, I thought they (Greenville) was the best team in the league so maybe tonight it was the two best teams in the league."

Coffey (3-1-1) played all 110 minutes in goal and recorded his third shutout on the year and recorded seven saves. Holland played all 110 minutes in net for the Panthers as he recorded three saves on the night. 

In the second half, Webster's best chance for a goal came in the 69th minute as junior midfielder Edin Mehmedovic (St. Louis, Mo./Mehlville) beat the goalkeeper, but his shot was saved right at the goal by Greenville's Jose Soutullo. 

"What a shot by Edin, the ball's in as he beat the goaltender, but the defender was there, what a play by him," the Webster coach added when asked about Mehmedovic's shot.

About 10 minutes earlier, Greenville's Jared McPeek nearly put the Panthers on the board, but Coffey was able to save McPeek's shot to keep the game scoreless. 

In the first overtime period, the teams combined for five shots as Webster took four of those five shots, including freshman forward Aamahn Murvin (Sahuarita, Ariz./Walden Grove) had two shots blocked and his third shot in the 96th minute was saved by Holland. Greenville's lone shot in the period came from McPeek in the 98th minute, but the shot was wide right of the goal. 

Neither team got off a shot in the second overtime as the only play in the period beside substitutions was a corner kick with 15 seconds left by Kohler. 

In the first half, Webster outshot Greenville, 8-6, but three of those six shots were on goal for the Panthers. Webster only had one shot on goal and that came from Kohler in the 42nd minute.

For the match, Webster outshot Greenville, 20-15, but the Panthers held a 7-4 edge in shots on goal. 

Murvin finished the night with seven shots, while Pearson added three shots. Mehmedovic, Kohler and junior midfielder Chris Clay (Quincy, Ill./Millikin) each had two shots for the Gorloks. 

McPeek, who entered the game with 16 goals, had six of his team's 15 shots, while Herranz and Napoleon Urquidi each had four shots and combined for five shots on goal. 

Webster also held a 7-2 edge corner kicks. 

With its 20 shots, Webster closes the season with a school record 365 shots and also sit a new single season school record for shots per game as the Gorloks averaged 18.25 shots per game on the year. The 365 shots bettered the old record of 364 set in 2013. 

Two other single season team records the Gorloks set this season were save percentage (.899) and goals allowed average (0.63). The .899 save percentage bettered the old mark of .893 set in 1998, while the 0.63 goals allowed average is tied for the same mark set in 1995. On the season, Webster allowed a total of 13 goals, which is second fewest goals allowed in a season since the 11 allowed by the 1995 team. 

"I am just so proud of the guys. This didn't define our season, there were so many things that happened, in terms of shutouts, goals against average, streaks and records were broken," the Webster coach said. "If you look at all those things, what a great season for our guys. I thought we took another step this year and hopefully we can take another step or two next year."