Boxscore and Stats
LACEY, Wash. - Saint Martin's deflected a rebound into the goal in the 99th-minute to collect a 4-3 overtime victory over Northwest Nazarene on Thursday afternoon at the SMU Soccer Field in Lacey.
"We played hard and we deserved to win today," commented NNU head coach
Coe Michaelson. "We were really unlucky to not win this game, but, now we have to pick ourselves up and get ready to play Saturday."
The game-winner, credited to Saint Martin's Vlad Voin, came after a Saint's corner kick deflected off an NNU defender and into the goal.
John Stump scored the opening goal in the fifth minute for the Crusaders, heading in a cross from
Alex Mangeac. The lead would only last five minutes as Voin matched the score at 1-1 with a 20-yard shot after dribbling from midfield in the 10th-minute.
The Saints (4-4-0, 1-1-0 GNAC) Ruben Orozco then scored back-to-back goals in the 19th and 28th-minutes, the first coming off a Victor Kelmel pass and the second as the result of a penalty kick awarded to the Saints and took a 3-1 lead into the break.
The Crusaders (4-3-0, 1-2-0 GNAC) rallied in the second half as
Nate Hamm converted a corner kick touch from
Alex Mangeac, which was started by
Zander Engeman, in the 48th-minute. Stephen Davidson then tied it at 3-3 in the 81st-minute, scoring from 10-yards out off
Alex Mangeac's second assisting pass of the day.
Corner kicks were even at 4-4 and SMU held a 21-17 shot advantage. NNU's Mitch Rice grabbed five saves and SMU's Zac Lubin had three.
NNU will now travel to Seattle Pacific University and face the Falcons at 4:30 p.m. PT on Saturday in a GNAC counter at Interbay Stadium.
