OKLAHOMA CITY -- Jeffrey Matthews scored four minutes into the first overtime period to lift the Oklahoma City University Stars to a 3-2 win over the Mid-America Christian University Evangels tonight (Oct. 13) in Sooner Athletic Conference action.
Matthew's goal came off an assist from Henrik Verolet at the 104:06 mark of the match.
The contest was scoreless until a wild flurry of four goals within a five-minute span left the match in a 2-2 gridlock.
Gleydson Neri began the scoring for the Evangels at the 54:36 mark until the Stars' Petar Djurdjevic tied the score three minutes later and then assisted on the go-ahead goal Alexandre Taiar at the 58:23 mark. Fabian Henningsen was also credited with an assist on the goal.
The Evangels (5-5-1, 1-2-1 SAC) then pulled even just 1:29 later on a goal from Jose Dozal off an assist from Raphael Bonelle.
The numbers reflected how tight the match was throughout, with the Evangels out-shooting the Stars 25-23 overall but OCU holding a 14-10 edge in shots-on-goal.
Both goalkeepers were also busy, as Tyler McIntosh stopped 11 saves for MACU and Vladamir Kalajdzic made eight saves for the Stars (2-8, 2-2 SAC).
Next up the Evangels will play at John Brown University on Saturday night (Oct. 17) at 7:30 p.m. in Siloam Springs, Okla.