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Men’s Soccer Wins Double Overtime Thriller Against hOURglass Rival Rider on Wednesday
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Rider RID (4-4-1, 1-1-1)
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Winner Saint Peter's SPU (5-5-0, 2-1-0)
Rider RID
(4-4-1, 1-1-1)
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Final
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Saint Peter's SPU
(5-5-0, 2-1-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 OT 2 F
Rider RID 1 0 0 0 1
Saint Peter's SPU 0 1 0 1 2

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Men’s Soccer Wins Double Overtime Thriller Against hOURglass Rival Rider on Wednesday

The Peacocks pull off comeback win in extra time over the defending MAAC champions

JERSEY CITY, NJ - Junior midfielder Jordan Jowers propelled the Peacocks to their second consecutive overtime conference win, defeating the 2018 MAAC Men's Soccer champion Rider on Wednesday, October 9. With five seconds left on the clock in double overtime, Jowers took the game into his hands as he lined up for a penalty kick, which he buried into the bottom left corner of the net to put the Peacocks over the Broncs 2-1. 
 
Game Notes
  • The flow of the match proved to be back and forth for the first 30 minutes of play on Wednesday, with neither team being able to find the net in the first half hour.
  • The Broncs would break the silence, with Mathis Catanzaro finding the back of the net off a clean feed from teammate Matt Araujo in the 32nd minute mark.
  • The score would remain 1-0 in favor of Rider, until the 81st minute of action, when junior midfielder Alex Garcia would score the equalizer off a deflection from a Bronc defender.
  • The game seemed all but wrapped up when, with five seconds left in double overtime, a Rider defender committed a foul in the penalty box, leaving the game in the hands of the Peacocks via penalty kick.
  • Jowers would go on to fire the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal past an outstretched Rider goalkeeper to seal the game for the team from Jersey City.
Inside the Numbers
  • Wednesday's victory marks the first time the Peacocks have won their conference home-opener since defeating Monmouth 1-0 on October 1, 2016.
  • Garcia and Jowers led the way for the Peacocks offensively on Wednesday, with each player recording three shots and two finding the mark.
  • Freshman goalkeeper Herman Wulff recorded an impressive nine saves against a persistent Broncs offense.
  • Wednesday's match saw 10 yellow cards awarded between the two sides and a red card.
Coach's Quotes - Julian Richens
  • "Third game in a row of overtime shows we are very hard to beat over 90 minutes."
  • "It was a great comeback win with two moments of quality for our goals."
  • "Rider is a very good team with some quality individual players, as their three MAAC championships in the last four years show."
  • "This result will continue to give confidence and belief to our group."
Up Next
  • The Peacocks remain at home for a weekend matchup against Canisius on Saturday (Oct. 12) at 2 p.m.
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