Head coach Tim Lenahan and the Wildcats will have two more exhibition games before opening the regular season Sept. 3.Head coach Tim Lenahan and the Wildcats will have two more exhibition games before opening the regular season Sept. 3.

Battle of the Wildcats Ends in a Scoreless Draw

Aug. 21, 2010

VILLANOVA, Pa. - A long day for the Northwestern men's soccer team concluded with the Wildcats playing to a scoreless draw with host Villanova Saturday evening.

NU boarded an early Saturday morning flight for Philadelphia and took on Villanova less than 12 hours later.

"Overall, I thought we were a little bit sluggish from the long trip," Northwestern head coach Tim Lenahan said. "Villanova, who is a very good team, took it to us the first 20 minutes. Once we settled in, the game was pretty even.

"This was a very good scrimmage for us because we see that we have a lot of things to work on."

Final statistics were not provided.

Northwestern resumes its exhibition season Friday when it takes on St. John's in Pomona, N.J.

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