Badgers pick up first win of year with 3-2 GSC triumph
Redshirt junior Ibrahima Ndaw (19) of Mobile, Ala.
Badgers pick up first win of year with 3-2 GSC triumph
Box Score The Spring Hill College (SHC) men's soccer team began Gulf South Conference (GSC) play on Friday afternoon with a thrilling 3-2 come-from-behind home victory versus the Christian Brothers University (CBU) Buccaneers at Library Field.

The Buccaneers (2-2, 0-1 GSC) opened the scoring in the 4th minute with a score by Xavi Lao who accepted a pass from Jake Barrett 30 yards out, crossed to the top of the box from left to right with two touches and then ripped a shot into net. The lead grew to 2-0 in the 16th minute when Barrett scored with a header from 15 yards out off a crossing entry from the left side by Dalton Marin.

Spring Hill refused to back down and answered right back with a score by Tapfuma Dimairo who slipped in a first touch shot off a beautifully placed corner kick by sophomore Tilman Schober in the 23rd minute. The Badgers then tied the game at 2-2 just five minutes later when Ibrahima Ndaw scored his first goal of the year from the top of the box after beating a defender off a pass from Joakim Aakerlund.

Freshman Donte Oliver completed the Badger rally and provided the game-winning goal in the 82nd minute when he cleaned up a blocked shot off the foot of Schober with a heads-up poke into the net.

Badger senior goalkeeper Will Carpenter (1-3-1) made four saves against 14 shots and five corners by the CBU while Ricardo Lao of the Buccaneers recorded three saves versus 11 shots and three corner attempts by Spring Hill.

The Badgers (1-3-1, 1-0 GSC) will continue conference play at Library Field on Sunday with a match versus the Union University (Tenn.) Bulldogs (2-4, 0-1 GSC) at 3:30 p.m.

 
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