STEPHENVILLE, Texas—A little bit of everything happened during Thursday evening's game between Northwestern State and Tarleton State.

Everything except for a goal, as NSU (1-1-1) played Tarleton (1-1-1) to a scoreless draw in a weather-shortened contest at the Tarleton Soccer Complex.

The game had weather delays, power outages and goals wiped away, in a crazy game, one in which saw each team record multiple golden chances to score but could not find the back of the net when it counted.

"It was easily the strangest, weirdest game, in my entire career," head coach Ian Brophy said. "There was a lightning delay followed by a short re-start and then a power outage and I thought we were going to cancel the game at that point.

"And then we kept playing just to get it cut short by lightning at the end. It was the strangest game I've been in during my career, without question."

NSU started strong, controlling possession for the first few minutes before Tarleton fought back and attempted four shots in the game's opening 10 minutes.

One of those four shots was arguably one of the best chances in the game, as a shot from Stevie Reynolds clanked off the crossbar and caromed directly down without going across the goal line before being booted out of harm's way by the NSU defense.

Tarleton outshoot NSU 4-0 before lightning entered the area and the game had an hour and 45 minute delay.

After the delay, the Demons went to work. NSU used the delay to re-group and came out of the delay with a purpose.

NSU came out of the delay with a pair of shot attempts from Emily Gundin sandwiched by a corner kick in the first few minutes after return.

The Demons attempted the final five shots of the half, controlling the final 33 minutes of the first half.

"I just think we needed to re-group a little bit," Brophy said. "I don't think we started the game particularly well in terms of some of the things we try to do and try to play our game, and we got away from that a little bit. We just talked about getting back to the basics of what we do well."

In the second half, the Demons came out strong once again, as Emily Senatore had a sensational individual effort to free herself a few yards beyond the top of the box, but her shot sailed high.

Tarleton made its best push of the game during a five-minute stretch early in the second half, as the Texans had a pair of corner kicks and a goal on a header that was taken away due to an offside.

In the 58^th minute, the lights went out, and the teams had another delay, as the lights were being worked on.

Following that delay, NSU was determined to put a dent in the scoreboard, but the Texans defense stood strong. A pair of shots—one by Hosane Soukou and one by Kate Bouck—as well as two more corners nearly put the visitors in front.

It appeared as though NSU did take the lead in the 63^rd minute, as Emily Mougia had an impressive move to dribble the ball into scoring range before passing it to Paige Baumgartner.

From near the end line, Baumgartner passed it into the middle for Soukou, who scored from the middle of the box. But the official ruled Baumgartner was offside to nullify the goal.

The Demons had one more corner, their ninth of the match, but it was booted away, and neither team recorded a shot attempt the remainder of the game, as more lightning invaded the area in the 71^st minute, and the game was called, ending in a scoreless draw.

Overall, the Demons out-shot the Texans 9-5 with Senatore and Gundin each attempting two to lead NSU.

Next up for NSU is its home opener, as it comes back to Natchitoches to take on Alcorn on Sunday at 1 p.m.