Northern Illinois' Adrian Lara tries to prevent Oakland's Reid Sproat from getting a header at the goal during their NCAA Tournament opening round game Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, at the NIU Soccer and Track and Field Complex in DeKalb. (Mark Busch - mbusch@shawmedia.com/Mark Busch - mbusch@shawmedia.co)
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