Last Minute Goal Propels Men's Soccer to Victory

Last Minute Goal Propels Men's Soccer to Victory

Yolo De Leon scored a goal at the 89th minute to give Blackburn College a thrilling 4-3 victory over Principia College on Saturday morning in Carlinville.  Blackburn controlled much of the early action and out-shot Principia 28-10 on the day.  Principia opened the scoring at 12:32 when Pablo Alas launched a long free kick into the goal giving the Panthers a 1-0 lead which lasted to halftime.

The Beavers tied the match on a free kick by Jaime Pineda at 52:00.  Blackburn made it 2-1 five minutes later on a header by Anthony Coppotelli off a corner kick from Hayden Reese.  Five minutes later, Blackburn struck again at 62:27 as Edmond Ainomugisha scored with the assist credited to Dylan Klunk.

Principia tied the score on a pair of goals at 70:23 and 76:42.

Blackburn moves to 3-4 on the season while Principia falls to 2-4.