No. 2 Men's Soccer Knocks Off Dowling in Overtime, 2-1
Box Score
BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. (Sept. 18, 2013) - Tied 1-1 four-plus minutes into overtime, junior forward Eivind Austboe (Stavanger, Norway) tallied the game-winner Wednesday to lift the second-ranked LIU Post men's soccer team past East Coast Conference rival Dowling, 2-1, at Golden Lions Field in Brookhaven, N.Y. For Austboe, it is his fifth deciding goal in as many contests.
Following a scoreless opening half, in which senior goalkeeper Marco Jorgensen (Copenhagen, Denmark) made five saves for the Pioneers (5-0, 1-0 ECC), the visitors got on the board first in the latter stanza. Senior forward Cemil Turan (Staten Island, N.Y.) one-touched an Eirik Bjoernoe (Randaberg, Norway) cross-pass into the net at the midway point of the period, giving LIU Post a 1-0 edge.
Dowling (3-2, 0-1 ECC) tied it up, however, in the final minutes. With 4:30 left in regulation, graduate forward Kariym Balthazar (Point Fortin, Trinidad & Tobago) converted on a penalty kick to force the extra session.
In overtime, the Golden Lions had the first opportunity at the sudden victory. Just 48 ticks in, junior midfielder Jose Herrera (Sterling, Va.) attempted a shot that was turned aside by Jorgensen. Less than four minutes later, Austboe, NCAA Division II's current leading point-getter, won it for the Pioneers on a header into the top-right 90, off a feed from Alex Billington (Preston, England).
For the contest, LIU Post held a 16-14 clip in shots, and a 6-2 edge in corner kicks. In net, Jorgensen recorded seven saves. His counterpart, Chris Friedl (Port Jefferson, N.Y.), had five stops for Dowling.
Head Coach Andreas Lindberg and the Pioneers are back at it Saturday (Sept. 21), when they close out a five-game road trip at Millersville. The opening kick is scheduled for 3 p.m.