GRAY — Kennebunk had a major advantage in shots against Gray-New Gloucester in a WMC girls soccer clash Saturday, but like the Patriots, the Rams couldn’t get any to go in, as the two teams played to a 0-0 double-overtime tie at Myles Burbank Memorial Field.

Leah Dumas sent a shot at the goal for Kennebunk (1-4-2) one minute into the game, but the strike went high and wide left. That would be a recurring theme for the Rams, who attempted 15 shots in the first half.

The Rams missed out on goals in seemingly every way possible, from missing the frame, to having shots deflected, to hitting the crossbar, or by way of a save by Patriots (3-3-1) goalie Jen Sutherland.

“I think more than anything else that when they got into that last third the game sped up on them a little bit too much in their heads, and led to some tiny little technical errors that cost us,” said Kennebunk head coach John Dolan. “The shots that we got were just a little wide, or just a little high, or just a little bit off the mark or just right at the keeper, instead of an inch or two the other way.”

Kennebunk was awarded 11 corner kicks in the game, but GNG was able to win the ball in the air on many and clear away any potential scoring chances.

“It’s something we’ve talked about a lot, is just our positioning when defending corners,” said GNG head coach Kiaran McCormack.

The second half wasn’t much different than the first half as far as the Rams’ shots are concerned. Dumas missed over the bar 1:30 in, then rang a shot off the bar 30 seconds later.

When Kennebunk wasn’t missing, the senior Sutherland was there to stop the Rams’ efforts as she did on a point-blank shot by Sierra Tarte 12 minutes into the second half.

“Jen Sutherland, our goalkeeper, has been able to really step up and make some good saves the course of the season,” McCormack said of his first-year starting goalie.

“It’s a 24-foot mouth of goal. They have to play it in the 21 feet the keeper isn’t occupying,” said Dolan.

The Patriots also had their own chances to score, though much less than Kennebunk had. Those GNG opportunities that were on frame were stopped by the Rams’ freshman keeper, Caitlin Wolff – Kennebunk’s third-stringer who was called into action due to injuries to the starter and back-up.

The teams played two frantic, but scoreless five-minute overtime periods that failed to determine a victor. Tarte had the best chance, but her shot in the box in the first extra period cleared the crossbar. Both teams had crosses into the box go untouched before being cleared away in the second half.

“Just have to work on finishing, they have to work on their technique a little bit,” said Dolan. “Different day maybe one of those 15, 20 shots we got off goes in.”

— Sports Staff Writer Wil Kramlich can be contacted at 282-1535, ext. 323 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @ WilTalkSports.