Nick Berndt (JR, Berwin, Ill./St. Joseph HS) scored on a crossing shot on a sprint six minutes into the second overtime, as host Loras College (Iowa) rallied from a 1-0 deficit to claim a 2-1 victory over Augsburg College in an NCAA Division III national playoff sectional semifinal game on Saturday night at the Rock Bowl.
Augsburg (12-4-7), in the NCAA playoffs for the first time in school history, took the lead two minutes into the second half, as Marcus Elmerskog (FY, Trondheim, Norway) scored on a header off a free kick by Andrew Seidel (SR, Woodbury, Minn.) from 30 yards out.
But Loras (19-4-1) tied the game in the 80th minute, as Justin McCord (JR, Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge HS) scored on a rebound off a scramble in the penalty box. Neither team scored in the first overtime, setting the stage for Berndt’s game-winner in the second extra session.
“It was an unfortunate ending to an incredibly good college soccer game. We felt we had better chances to end the game in regulation, but couldn’t capitalize,” said Augsburg head coach Greg Holker. They cleared a header off a corner kick into the underside of the crossbar, and had several saves out of danger by their backs. We played well enough to win.”
You can read the full game report here.
Boxscore
| Goals by period | 1 | 2 | OT | O2 | Tot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augsburg College | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Loras College | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Augsburg College | Loras College |
|---|---|
| 00 Pascaul Venter | 1 Nate DuBois |
| 8 D.J. Wendell | 3 Matt Lamale |
| 9 James See | 5 Nate Minkel |
| 10 Ryley Teske | 7 Tom Strumpf |
| 11 Alex Hildebrandt | 10 Santiago Mejia |
| 12 Andrew Seidel | 11 Justin McCord  (80) |
| 15 Peter Loyd | 14 Nick Rizzo |
| 18 Van Hong | 15 Tom Jennings |
| 19 Ryan Sorensen | 19 Miguel Bonilla |
| 22 Lucas Ingram | 20 Sean Crosby |
| 25 Simon Rekkebo | 22 Tyler Hoyt |
| Substitutes | Substitutes |
| 7 David Scheller | 4 Nick Berndt (106) |
| 14 Peter Osborn | 9 A.J. Josephs |
| 17 Marc Jacob | 12 Donnie St. George |
| 21 Marcus Elmerskog (47) |
18 Andy Filipiak |
| 24 Nick Anderson |