CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - The Fairleigh Dickinson men's soccer team (2-2-0, 2-0-0 NEC) defeated LIU 3-2 in extra time on Monday, marking the second consecutive victory for the Knights.

FDU trailed the Sharks 1-0 early in the first half following a 19' score by LIU's Papa Sow. 

Coming out of halftime neither side was able to get on the board for the first twenty-two minutes of action until the Sharks struck again in the 67' when Emil Jaaskelainen scored on Jonas Dovland's assist. 

The Knights cut the deficit in half with a goal in the 81' by Eric Dlabal. The goal was the freshman's first goal of his intercollegiate career.

Following a red card assessed against FDU in the 83', the team found a way to score again playing with 10 men with freshman Hugo Bacharach picking up the assist on junior Joshua Ferreira's 89' goal to send the match to extra time.

In the 95' of action freshman Jeremy Opong scored the golden goal for the Knights on senior Ideal Shefqeti's assist to give his team the 3-2 road victory.
 
Knights Head Coach Seth Roland said, "Well, I've been coaching for a few years at the college level and I don't think I've ever experienced a win like that one. The guys showed tremendous heart and commitment fighting back from a 2-0 deficit with 10 minutes to go."

Roland continued, "To tie the game with a minute to go, playing a man down, and then win the game five minutes into overtime was both exciting and inspiring. We don't care who scores for us, but I think it's pretty cool that two of our three goals came from freshmen and two other freshmen notched assists today. It was a proud performance by the entire program."
 
The Knights are scheduled to return to action on March 22 when they go on the road to take on Central Connecticut State.