After 110 minutes of scoreless action in a physical match that featured nearly 70 fouls between the two squads, the match moved to a shootout with each team designating five players to take penalty kicks alternating between the teams.

Freshman midfielder Cody Snouffer went first for MVNU (13-5-3), but his shot was deflected wide by Sailfish goalkeeper Joe Yurchak to give Palm Beach Atlantic (12-4-1) the early edge.

After Matt Sweesy connected on his attempt for the Sailfish to put them in front 1-0, sophomore midfielder Chris Mast scored for the Cougars to knot the shootout at 1-1.

Daniel Abrahamsohn converted his opportunity to give Palm Beach Atlantic a 2-1 advantage, and sophomore midfielder Scott Spangler’s attempt for MVNU failed.

Chance Sumner extended the lead to 3-1 for the Sailfish as he scored on his attempt, but junior defender Zach Patterson kept the Cougars’ hopes alive by connecting on his shot to trim the margin to 3-2.

Then, Cheyne Roberts end the match and sent Palm Beach Atlantic into the national championship match by putting his shot into the back of the net as the Sailfish won the shootout 4-2.

The match, which technically ends as a tie, was the 12th shutout of the season for MVNU as sophomore goalkeeper Alex Stout tied the school’s single-season shutout record of 10 set previously by Josh Bush in 1998.

The Cougars will return to action on Monday when MVNU will take on top-seeded Indiana Wesleyan University (19-5-1) in the third-place match at 2:00 p.m.