DANVILLE, Ky. – The Spalding men's soccer team once again found themselves on the winning side of some late game heroics scoring two goals in the final 1:09 stunning Auroa, 3-2, Friday evening at the Bob Allen Classic in Danville, Ky. improving to 4-0 on the season.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Spalding 3 - Aurora 2
LOCATION: Amend Field, Danville, Ky.
RECORDS: Spalding 4-0-0 | Aurora 1-2-0
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Trailing 2-0 at half time, the Golden Eagles found the back of the net early in the second period with a finish from
Abnel St. Fleur in the 48
th minute. Still trailing in the final minutes,
Mirza Ugarak stepped up to put away the equalizer with 1:09 to play. 50 seconds later, Ugarak lifted a corner into the box finding the head of
Kornell Hilliard followed by the foot of St. Fleur for the finish and game-winner with six seconds remaining.
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Kornell Hilliard connected on a pair of assists for Spalding, while St. Fluer score a pair of goals.
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Jude Louis (3-0-0) gets his third win of the year with nine saves while facing 11 shots on frame.
FOR THE FOES
- Aurora scored two quick goals, the first coming from Andrew Grabowski (33') and the second by Nicholas Rohl (37').
- Edward St. Martin (1-2-0), gave up all three goals for Aurora while grabbing eight saves in the match
UP NEXT
- Spalding takes on Alma University Saturday, September 8 at 5:30pm EST in their final game of the Bob Allen Classic.
