Host Catonsville out-shot Towson 25-6, but 16 saves by Towson senior goalie Austin Wenck denied victory for the Comets as the boys soccer game ended in a 0-0 overtime tie.
Catonsville (2-1-1) hasn't allowed a goal in its last three games and Towson (4-0-1) has not allowed one all season.
Catonsville's best opportunity in the first half came with 20 minutes left when Dale Boring rocketed a free kick from Drew Meyers to the far corner, from 10 yards out, but Wenck rejected it with one hand.
"That save in the first half is as good a high school save as you will see," Towson coach Jon Becker said. "That shifted the momentum and he was locked in at that point."
"If Dale hits that a foot lower or foot higher it's in the goal," Catonsville coach Chris Hastings said.
Towson's first shot of the game was a back header by Jack Baker with 18:40 left in the half.
Catonsville's defense of sweeper Liam Llorin, wing backs Jordan Llorin and Matt Rehder and stopper Mckenzie Ali allowed only two shots in the first half and kept sophomore goalie Eli Miller (four saves) clean.
"We were just winning balls in the air, holding the man up, don't commit any fouls and just getting it down the line," senior Jordan Llorin said.
With 15:20 left in the half, striker Meyers had a bicycle kick shot on goal that was corralled by Wenck.
He had another shot on goal in the final two minutes that was saved by Wenck.
They were just the appetizers for Wenck and the Towson defense, led by seniors Adam Coplai, Mitch Weiss and Baker and junior James Thorne.
Wenck made 12 of his 16 saves after halftime, but one ball he didn't get was Matt Rehder's head shot over his head that was cleared off the back line by Thorne with 18:43 left in regulation.
That header was set up by a nice service from Ethan Clark.
"Towson did a nice job defensively, but I would say we had about 12 corners and 15 long throw- ins and the goalie made a couple good saves, but if we had a guy who is being a nuisance on the goal line, he could toe it in," Hastings said.
Becker, the assistant coach filling in for head coach Randy Dase, out with a medical issue, knew his defense was playing with fire in the second half.
"I can't even count how many corners we defended and when you are doing that odds are one's going to go in, but you've got to keep on playing like that and anything is possible," Becker said.
Catonsville out-shot the Bulls 12-3 in the second half and kept so much pressure on the Generals that midfielders Austin Kirts, Thomas Lewis, Sam Edwards and Brooks Benassi often turned into defenders.
"We have to do a better job of crashing the goal," Hastings said. "Some one has to step up, otherwise it's going to be a long season of battling for whole games."
The effort was certainly there for the Comets.
Jordan Llorin and Clark had shots on goal in the first three minutes of the second half and Meyers had two more shots saved by Wenck in the first 10 minutes.
Towson's only shots on goal in the second half came from Kirts, Joe Weir and Benassi.
In the 20-minute overtime Catonsville took five shots and Towson's best chance came with 7:50 left on a hard wide shot from 30 yards out by Kirts.
"I thought we played pretty well in the first half and I thought we were pretty even in terms of possession chances," Becker said. "In the second half, Catonsville is a really good team and they came to play. You can't knock the boys. I think they gave everything they had."
Catonsville, 1-0 winners over Oakland Mills six days earlier in another game they had multiple chances, knows what they need to do when they host Hereford on Sept. 16.
"We just need to work on finishing," Jordan Llorin said. "We just need to be more hungry."