CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's soccer team erased a two-goal, second-half deficit to pick up a 3-2 overtime victory over UAH on Sunday afternoon at Robert P. Longabaugh Field.

The Choctaws improved to 3-1-2 on the season with a 2-0 mark in the Gulf South Conference, while the Chargers fell to 2-3-1 with a 1-1 league record.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
  - The Chargers got things going early as Rafa Moreno scored in just the second minute, finishing a beautiful cross on a free kick by Vicente Arratia.
  - They would take a 1-0 lead into the halftime break but would extend the advantage to 2-0 in the 53rd minute as Ethan Wilson scored on assists from Moreno and Arratia.
  - Starting in the 64th minute, the game continued to get more and more chippy as Deivi Bucio was sent off for his second yellow card, putting the Chargers down a man over the final 25 minutes.
  - The Choctaws would cut the lead in half in the 70th minute as senior Isaac Gonazalez scoreed his second goal of the season on a stellar cross from senior Joshua Robinson.
  - In the 75th minute, the Chargers went down another man as Khalil Bell was given a straight red card following a collision with MC goalkeeper Alejandro Chavarria.
  - The red card was met with disappointment from head coach John Carrier as he picked up back-to-back yellow cards to be sent off.
  - MC would take advantage of playing two more men as Gonzalez scored his second of the match to equalize in the 87th minute on an assist from junior Joshua Davies.
  - The match would go into overtime and in the 97th minute, senior Marco Sellan scored the "Golden Goal" on an assist from senior Michael Kuwornu to give the Choctaws a 3-2 victory.
 

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KEY STATS
  - The Choctaws took 24 shots to 15 for the Chargers with six MC shots coming on goal and four UAH shots coming against the keeper.
  - Sellan led the Choctaws with six shots, including a pair on goal and the game-winner.
  - Antonio Goncalves and Moreno led the Chargers with five shots apiece.
  - Chavarria picked up the win for the Choctaws, making two saves with two goals allowed over the nearly 97 minutes.
  - Drew Kelly took the loss for UAH, making three saves with three goals allowed.
 

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GAME NOTES
  - The Choctaws are now 2-4-1 all-time against the Chargers with this being their first win since a 1-0 victory in Huntsville on October 2, 2016.
  - It's the first golden goal victory for the Choctaws since erasing a two-goal deficit against Delta State last September 21st with a 3-2 win on a goal from Jorge Fernandez in the 108th minute.
 

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NEXT UP
  - The Choctaws will be back in action on Friday night when they travel to Cleveland, Tenn. to face Lee University at 6:00 p.m. (Central).
 

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Mississippi College is a private Christian university located in Clinton, Mississippi with an enrollment of over 5,000 students. MC recently finished their transition process back to NCAA Division II and the Gulf South Conference and began competing for conference and national championships in the 2016-17 academic year.

The athletic department sponsors 17 intercollegiate athletic programs: Baseball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Football, Golf, Men's and Women's Soccer, Softball, Men's and Women's Tennis, Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field, Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field and Volleyball.

For more information on Mississippi College athletics, please contact David Nichols at 601-925-3234 or nichols@mc.edu.