Purdue University Northwest Sports Update, October 12, 2016

Ugarte's Goal in Double OT Lifts Purdue Northwest Over Stritch Grant Ugarte’s goal with just 45 seconds remaining in double overtime gave the host Purdue University Northwest men’s soccer team a thrilling 2-1 conference win over Cardinal Stritch Tuesday.

After trailing the Wolves (6-4-3, 5-2-1 Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference) 1-0 for much of the second half, the Pride (6-4-3, 4-1-2) battled back to even the score, send the game into overtime and pick up their third CCAC win in a row.

Cardinal Stritch recorded the first goal of the match in the 80' after a curving shot from just outside the penalty box from Jack Hart found upper right 90 to put the Wolves up 1-0.

The Black and Gold would continue to battle, scoring the equalizing goal with under two minutes remaining in regulation. A pass from freshman Jaime Garcia (Elkhart, Ind./Elkhart Memorial) found Alec Guarino (Saint John, Ind./Marian Catholic) in front of the box, as Guarino scored his sixth goal of the season to send the match to overtime.

After a scoreless first overtime period, both teams kept denying the oppositions scoring efforts until the final minute of play, when a pass from just inside midfield from Chris Rassel (St. John, Ind./St. John) found freshman defender Grant Ugarte (Oak Lawn, Ill./Oak Lawn) on the left side of the box who connected on the game winning header for the Black and Gold.

Sophomore goalkeeper Jonathan Lozano (Hammond, Ind./Bishop Noll) recorded his third straight win in goal, coming up with incredible stops which halted multiple scoring chances from the Wolves.

Junior Zac Doepke (Troy, Mich./Troy) led the attack for PNW with four shots, four on goal, while Ugarte and Michael Brownsea (Albury, Austrailia/Albury) each recorded two shots each.

Purdue Northwest returns to action Saturday, Oct. 15, when the Pride travel to Roosevelt University for a CCAC contest starting at 2:30 p.m.