WALES – With only two seniors on the field for most of the afternoon, and just three on the roster all together, the Oak Hill boys’ soccer team figured the road would be tough this season.

Tough and gritty.

The Raiders twice took the lead in a physical contest, only to have Rockland twice come from behind to even things up, turning an entertaining game into a 2-2 tie Tuesday.

“It was a game of momentum,” Oak Hill coach Joe Fletcher said. “It was a hard-fought game between two evenly-matched teams.”

“We’re generating scoring opportunities,” Rockland coach Josh Mahar said. “We just can’t seem to finish any of them.”

Three of the four goals came on set plays, with a little bit of luck.

With Oak Hill already ahead 1-0 in the first half, Rockland’s Joey Norris lined up to throw the ball in some 40 yards out, near midfield. With a running start, he vaulted forward, somersaulted off the ball and flung it toward the net. The ball knuckled, caught Oak Hill keeper Glenn Allen in the hands, hit the post and trickled in.

“What a weapon that is,” Fletcher said. “I’d like to have something like that on our side.”

The Raiders (2-1-1) took the lead again early in the second half on a free kick. Captain Adam Soucy lined up just outside of the 18-yard box as his teammates lined up along the wall Rockland hat set up. When Soucy dropped his arm, his teammates dove to the ground, and Soucy drove a kick into the lower right corner of the cage.

“We’ve been working on that all year,” sophomore captain Brian Bradstreet said.

“That was a big lift, right there.”

The Tigers (1-2-1) weren’t done, though. A corner kick from the right side by Brandon Jimenez bent into the box. Ryan Blackman followed it to the ground, got a foot on it and booted it past Allen.

“Our Achilles heel has been defending corner kicks this year,” Fletcher said. “We’ve worked and worked and worked on it, but we seem to stand and watch, still.”

“That’s where your best shot is, going low,” Mahar said.

Neither team managed much pressure in overtime, with each goalie making just two stops in the pair of extra sessions.

Cody Fortier scored the Raiders’ first goal early in the first half, on a feed across from Bryan Soucy.