Box Score

The Malone University men's soccer team earned a thrilling 2-1 American Mideast Conference win at home over Daemen (NY) College on Tuesday afternoon as Pioneer midfielder Felipe Delgado delivered the game-winning goal with less than three minutes remaining in the second (and final) overtime period. Delgado's score, coming off a well-placed cross from forward John David Eades, broke a 1-1 stalemate in the 108th minute, giving Malone its second overtime victory of the season. The Pioneers improved to 5-9-0 overall and 2-3-0 in the AMC with the exciting triumph while the Wildcats fell to 4-8-0 overall and 0-5-0 in the conference.

Malone forward Josh Abend pocketed his first career goal off a pass from Delgado with just 49 seconds remaining in the first half to give the hosts a 1-0 lead at intermission. The score then remained unchanged until the 82nd minute when Daemen was credited with an own goal after a Pioneer defender accidentally knocked the rebound from a Wildcat shot into his own net. The game remained knotted at 1-1 through the remainder of regulation and the first 10-minute overtime before Eades and Delgado connected on the game-ending score.

Daemen held an 11-8 advantage in total shots on goal over the course of the match as Malone keeper Tony Davis posted nine saves.

The Pioneers will look to make it two in a row on Saturday when they host an important AMC match at 3:00 p.m. against Houghton (NY) College (9-5-0 overall, 4-1-0 AMC).