EMMITSBURG, Md. - Alex Ockford (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) headed in the game-winning goal in the 75th minute to lead Mount St. Mary's past Fairleigh Dickinson 1-0 in Northeast Conference (NEC) men's soccer action on Sunday.

Eric Detzel (York, Pa./Central York) served the ball into the box on a free kick and found junior Chris Wheeler (Newcastle, Australia/St. Francis Xavier), who headed the ball up in the air toward the pipes where Ockford headed the ball into the twine off the goalkeeper's fingers at the 74:59 mark. It was Ockford's second tally of the year and team-leading sixth assist for Detzel.

Chris Davis (Townsville, Australia/Kirwan State) made one save for the Mount (5-7-0, 2-2-0 NEC) in the winning effort. The senior moved into second place on the program's all-time career shutout list with 16 shutouts.

Jacob Lissek made three saves for the Knights (5-6-0, 1-3-0 NEC) in nearly 75 minutes of action while James McPeake recorded on save in the final 15 minutes.

Mount St. Mary's and Fairleigh Dickinson battled for 74 minutes before Ockford nailed in the decisive score to help the Mount to its third-straight regular season win over the Knights.

The Mountaineers defense was able to maintain the offensive tandem of Samson Malijani and Dominic Reinold to two shots on the afternoon. Reinold came into the match with a team-high five goals and Malijani had three tallies. Reinold gave Fairleigh Dickinson the squad's final scoring chance, but missed wide on a header in the 78th minute. Kelvin Preciado had the squad's only shot on goal only to see Davis turn the chance away in the 71st minute.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Friday at St. Francis (N.Y.). Match time is 1 p.m.