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Doug Cochran (Sport Focus Media)
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Northern Kentucky NKU (0-4-1 (0-1 HL))
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Winner Oakland OAK (1-3-0 (1-0 HL))
Northern Kentucky NKU
(0-4-1 (0-1 HL))
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Final
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Oakland OAK
(1-3-0 (1-0 HL))
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 OT 2 F
Northern Kentucky NKU 0 2 0 0 2
Oakland OAK 1 1 0 1 3

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | Melissa Powell, NKU Athletic Communications

Golden goal lifts Oakland over @NKUNorseMSOC, 3-2

ROCHESTER, Mich. – The Northern Kentucky University men's soccer team opened Horizon League play on Saturday with a loss to defending League champion Oakland. The Norse overcame a 2-0 deficit with a pair of late goals, but ultimately fell, 3-2, on a golden goal in the 103rd minute at Oakland Soccer Field.

"I give our team a lot of credit tonight. To be down by two goals with seven minutes left in the game and come back is a tribute to their training and hard work this past week." said head coach John Basalyga. "Hopefully we can build on this and get better for the next game."

The Norse move to 0-4-1 on the season and 0-1-0 in the League while Oakland earned its first win of 2016 to improve to 1-3-0 and open HL play at 1-0-0.

NKU Scoring Summary
  • Kobie Qualah struck for his first goal of the season in the 83rd minute. Qualah beat the Oakland goalkeeper on the far right side after receiving an assist from freshman Anders Mathiesen.
  • Less than four minutes later, an own goal from Oakland tied it up at the 86:16 mark, forcing overtime.

Between the Posts
  • Christian Carey earned his fourth start in goal and came up with a trio of saves after playing all 103 minutes.
  • Carey and the Norse defense held Oakland scoreless on its eight corner kick attempts.

First Half Summary
  • Oakland took a 1-0 lead in the 14th minute when Austin Ricci fed the ball inside the box to set Nebosja Popovic up to score from 11 yards out.
  • Tucker Monheimer led NKU with a pair of shots in the first half, one of which was on goal.
  • The Golden Grizzlies held a narrow 5-4 advantage in shot attempts following the first half, while shots on goal were tied at one apiece.

Second Half Summary
  • Johannes Jansen and Jacob Cunningham each managed one shot within the first five minutes of the second half.
  • Oakland scored its second goal in the 60th minute when Nyal Higgins beat Carey to the close right side from five yards out on an assist from Nick Strack for the 2-0 lead.
  • Following the Oakland marker, NKU struggled to put a shot attempt on target until the final minutes of the contest.
  • With just under seven minutes to play, Qualah cut the deficit to 2-1 before the Oakland own goal with less than four minutes to play forced the match into overtime.

Overtime Summary
  • Oakland out-shot NKU, 4-2, between the pair of overtime periods. Qualah registered a shot on goal in the 93rd minute following a shot high from Mathiesen.
  • The one and only shot attempt in the second overtime found the back of the net for the game-winner. Alex Serwatka beat Carey to the far right side from 22 yards out.

Norse Notes
  • NKU registered a season-high 13 total shots. Despite being out-shot, 15-13, the Norse held a 7-6 edge in shots on goal.
  • Jansen, a sophomore, posted a season-high five shot attempts, which is the most any NKU player had on the year entering Saturday's match.
  • Mathiesen is the second freshman to record an assist this season. Freshman Bryce Day had an assist in the season-opener against Eastern Illinois.

Up Next
  • Northern Kentucky takes a break from League action to travel to Fort Wayne for a 7 p.m. match on Wednesday, Sept. 14. The match concludes NKU's four-game road swing.
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