Badger men muzzle Bulldogs 2-1 in double overtime
Senior Eric Schwing (3) started the Badgers' first scoring play in the 17th minute
Badger men muzzle Bulldogs 2-1 in double overtime
Box Score The Spring Hill College men's soccer team upended the Union University (Tenn.) Bulldogs 2-1 in two overtimes for a Gulf South Conference (GSC) victory at Library Field on Sunday afternoon.

Spring Hill grabbed a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute when senior Mario Escalante of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, slipped in a goal off a crossing pass from senior Tyler Hartlage of Tampa, Fla., following the entry from senior Eric Schwing of Mandeville, La.

The Bulldogs (1-5, 0-2 GSC) tied the game a 1-1 with a goal by Alex Pratt who had accepted a pass from across the top of the box by Guilherme Dorigo in the 22nd minute of play.

Junior goalkeeper Jacob Files (1-2) from Clinton, Miss., kept the Badger hopes alive with 10 minutes to go in regulation when he stoned a Bulldog breakaway run by taking the ball off the foot of a Union attacker with a diving deflection just inside the box.

Finally, in the 106th minute of play, Dinard Garrett from Kalmar, Sweden, making his first start for Spring Hill, beat the Union defense with an unassisted goal from 12 yards out to nail down the first Badger victory in the GSC since joining the conference earlier this year.

Files made two saves against 14 shots by Union while Taylor Smith made 12 saves for the Bulldogs against 25 SHC shots. Spring Hill took eight corner shots while Union had six attempts from the corners.

Spring Hill (2-5, 1-1 GSC) travels to Rome, Ga., on Friday to face the Shorter University Hawks (1-5-1, 0-0 GSC) at Ben Brady Field beginning at 7 p.m. eastern time.

 
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