With chilly conditions and gusting wind at Old College Field, the MSU men's soccer team set out to pick up its first Big Ten win against Wisconsin.

But after 110 minutes of physical play, nothing had been decided and the match ended in a 0-0 tie.

"I thought this was a great men's Division 1 Big Ten soccer game," MSU head coach Joe Baum said. "It was a real war. Both teams played with high intensity, both teams defended really well, the goalies were solid and someone had to step up and make a big play to have a win today, and nobody was able to do it."

Both teams had their best chances with less than 20 minutes left in regulation.

"A lot of times 0-0 games are boring," Baum said, "But if you look at this, both teams had 12 or 13 shots, four or five corners. Both teams wanted to win, and I just thought it was an outstanding match."

The first came for the Spartans (6-2-1 overall, 0-1-1 Big Ten) when junior forward Kenzo Webster had a breakaway on Wisconsin goalkeeper Jake Settle, but sent the shot wide.

"I thought he finished it, and he thought he finished it, but it didn't and it happens," Baum said.

Then, with less than three minutes left to play in regulation, Wisconsin's Kenny Dix had a great chance that he blasted over the net.

With the game going into overtime, Baum was thankful for the chilly weather, which didn't exploit his team's depth.

"I only played about 13 players, and they played about 18," Baum said. "If it was 85 degrees and humid, they would've had an advantage. I think the weather helped MSU today because we're not as deep as they are."

But MSU is confident in overtime, as this is the fourth time they have going into extra time this season.

"We're so solid in the back this year that I know that our back four aren't going to let anything through in overtime, so we're concentrating on just finding one for us," senior goalkeeper Jason Tillman said. "We're very comfortable with overtime."

In the first overtime, sophomore midfielder Zac Scaffidi had a golden chance, but just sent the header wide of the goal.

"I saw their center back misjudge it and the keeper kind of playing in on the near post, and I tried to flick it to the far post," Scaffidi said. "I probably should've tried to put it more on goal."

Baum said he thought it was going in.

"It's a game of inches, and the inches didn't go our way," he said.

Time on the second overtime eventually ran down and the game ended in a 0-0 tie.