When the Penn State men's soccer team went without a goal for the fourth time in five games Friday night, Nittany Lions coach Barry Gorman knew he had to do something to fix his offensive attack.

Though the Lions (1-4-1) managed only a 1-1 tie in yesterday's game against No.23 Boston University, they executed a new gameplan that will be used in the future.

Going into yesterday's game at Jeffrey Field, Gorman had to find a way to utilize All-Big Ten forwards Jason Yeisley and Simon Omekanda and put the ball in the net.

So Gorman broke down the Lions' attack as simply as he could: just chip the ball into the goal area and see what happens.

He found his new plan beneficial on the final day of the Penn State Classic.

"It's a vicious circle," Gorman said. "A guy doesn't know to make the run, the guy doesn't get the ball. A guy doesn't get the ball because he's waiting for someone to make the run."

The new offensive plan came into effect in the second half with the Lions down 1-0.

Omekanda made a sprawling pass to Yeisley, who chipped the ball past the Boston goalie Zach Riffett, tying the game.

Gorman saw his plan of simplifying the offense finally come together as his team scored in the game that finished in a tie.

"We stopped with the 'dance' and said, 'Okay let's just serve the ball,' " Gorman said. "If we just serve the ball we'll have guys at the end of it."

The Lions, who lost to No. 13 San Francisco 2-0 on Friday night, outshot the both opponents 26-10 for the weekend.

Yeisley was excited to finally see a number other than zero next to his team's name on the scoreboard.

"You could tell we were all over them today," Yeisley said. "We were dominant and in control of the play. We just were not scoring."

With the Lions in control of the ball most of the game, junior goaltender Conrad Taylor saw very little action in goal.

Though giving up the one goal, Taylor made a diving play on a shot in the second half to keep his team in the game.

Besides the diving play, Taylor spent a majority of the game watching his team on offense.

"By staying in the game mentally your body stays into it," Taylor said. "I stay back there trying stay loose. It's not like I'm just back there hanging out."

Taylor watched as his team failed to score on 14 corner kicks as opposed to one by the Terriers.

But Gorman was glad to see his team finally put a point on the scoreboard and hopes to see better numbers when Big Ten play begins this Sunday.

By having Omekanda and Yeisley attacking the goal for 90 minutes, Gorman can't wait to see what the future holds for his offensive attack.

"It was great to see us get the monkey off of our back," Gorman said after the game. "Goals solve a lot of issues."