Another Goal In Closing Minutes Costs Canes Victory

Another Goal In Closing Minutes Costs Canes Victory

AMERICUS -- Flagler College scored three goals in the final 32 minutes, including a penalty kick with 2:01 to play, to rally from behind and hand the Georgia Southwestern men's soccer team its fourth consecutive loss by a one goal differential, 3-2, on Wednesday afternoon in a Peach Belt Conference match at Hurricane Field.

GSW's record falls to 3-4-1 overall, 0-2 in the PBC, while Flagler snapped a five-match losing streak to improve to 2-5 overall, 1-2 in PBC play. The Hurricanes allowed their second goal this season to an opponent with essentially two minutes remaining in the match. Middle Georgia scored its equalizer with 1:58 left on Sept. 20.

Divin Moke took a long lead pass from Silvio Polly and beat the Saints keeper, Iwan Roberts, with a shot inside the lower right corner of the goal for his second score of the season. The Hurricanes took their 1-0 lead into the halftime break.

Oscar Davidsson poked in a rebound off a shot by Kyle Doherty in the 59th minute to even the match.

Polly covered nearly half the field when he brought the ball across the halfway line and pulled up just inside the 18, spun to his left, set and drilled a shot that hit the inside of the cross bar and the right post for his fifth goal of the season. Polly's shot in the 67th minute put GSW back on top, 2-1.

Graham Grassmyer found a deflected ball off a corner kick in the 79th minute to deliver the equalizer for Flagler and at the 87:59 mark, Rostand Ndong converted the penalty kick to pull out the win.

Flagler finished with a slim 16-14 advantage in shots and an 8-5 edge in corner kicks. Fouls were even at 7-7.

GSW goalkeeper Joshua Swift made five saves in the match. Roberts stopped six between the pipes for Flagler.

Up Next: GSW travels to Mobile, Ala., on Saturday for a 2 p.m. EDT match against Spring Hill College (3-3).