BRADLEY AND VICINI BOTH SCORE WITH LESS THAN ONE MINUTE REMAINING TO PROPEL NO. 3 HAWKS OVER NO. 15 WILDCATS 4-3

POPLARVILLE, Miss. – The No. 3 Northeast Community College men's soccer team took on No. 15 Pearl River Community College Saturday night in Poplarville, Mississippi after falling to No. 16 Jones College on Thursday. The Hawks took the wild showdown by a final score of 4-3 after scoring twice in the final minute.

Northeast (3-1) fell behind 2-0 in the first half before Luca Rosen (London, England) buried a penalty kick to cut the Hawks deficit to one. Northeast was then able to even the match at 2-2 in the 71st minute when the Wildcats put in an own goal. However, Pearl River retook the lead seven minutes later when in the 79th minute they buried their third goal of the night. The Hawks looked like their backs were up against the wall until Billy Bradley (Bournemouth, England) evened the score at 3-3 in the 89th and final minute.

The entire Northeast lineup hurried back to midfield to get the ball into play and went back on the attack. Ludovico Vicini (Modena, Italy) collected a rebound from the Wildcats goalie and sent in a screamer from outside of the 18-yard box that found the back of the net with 20 seconds remaining in the match to give the Hawks a triumph in the most improbable of fashions.

STAT SHEET:

Goals: Luca Rosen (London, England), Keigo Yoshida (Yokohama, Japan), Billy Bradley (Bournemouth, England), Ludovico Vicini (Modena, Italy)

Assists: Edouard Nys (Dottignies, Belgium), Lewis Rourke (Nottingham, Enlgand), Hugo Munter (Roskilde, Denmark)

HEAR FROM THE HAWKS COACH:

Head Men's Soccer Coach Adam Potter on bouncing back from Thursday's loss to claim a wild victory tonight:

"First, my heart can't take Mississippi!" Potter said. "It's simple. The game isn't over until the clock hits zero. We learned that two days ago, remembered that lesson and fought until the final second!"

Potter on finishing the three-game trip strong on Monday:

"We have to run through the line!" Potter said. "We can't come out relaxed like we did at the start of today's game. We have to come out with a fire and an edge!"

UP NEXT:

The Hawks will wrap up their three-game trip with a contest against Northwest Mississippi Community College at 12 p.m. Monday in Senatobia, Mississippi.

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