WASHINGTON, D.C. - George Washington
scored the game-winning goal in the 92nd minute to down Mount St.
Mary's 3-2 in non-conference men's soccer action on Saturday.
James Zabel (Ellicott City, Md./Mount
Hebron) notched a career-high two goals for the Mount (2-4-1) while
Steve Cant (London, England/Greenshaw) and Joshua Barnaby (Takoma
Park, Md./Archbishop Carroll) each dished out an assist on one of
Zabel's tallies.
Marcus Ranney netted the decisive goal
off an Andy Stadler helper for the Colonials (4-3-0), and Greg
McKay and Abimola Pedro also found the twine in the winning
effort.
George Washington came from behind to
score the final two goals of the match, including the golden goal
in the first 73 seconds of overtime to take the third meeting in
program history against the Mountaineers.
Stadler had his shot stopped, but Ranney
was there to knock the reflection into the netting at the 91:13
mark to hand the Colonials a 3-2 victory.
The contest started as a seesaw battle
with Mount St. Mary's taking the lead and George Washington
responding to tie the game.
Zabel tallied the Mount's first marker on
the season in the first half off Barnaby's second assist on the
year 5:49 into the match.
McKay answered for the Colonials on a
shot from 35-yards out into the right corner at the 18:33 mark.
Zabel then handed the Mountaineers a 2-1
edge going into the intermission off a Cant helper at 31:39.
Similar to the decisive goal in the extra
session, Mike Rollings had his shot deflected to Pedro, who knocked
in the game-tying goal 2:35 into the final stanza and set up the
dramatics in overtime.
After George Washington squared the
contest at 2, Mount St. Mary's had two scoring opportunities the
rest of the way. Vinnie Berry (Helensburgh, Scotland/St. Patrick's)
had his shot turned away by Greg Yahr at 88:51 before Gary Phinith
(Gaitersburg, Md./Magruder) had his shot stopped by Yahr 51 seconds
into overtime for the first chance of the extra session for either
team.
Yahr finished with five saves while Chris
Davis (Kirwan, Australia/Kirwan State) made two stops in the first
45 minutes and Will Pike (Gorham, Maine/Gorham) turned away three
shots in the final 46:13.
The Mount returns to action on Tuesday
against the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. Game time is 4
p.m.