Sept. 13, 2013

Box Score

HUNTINGTON, W. Va. - Matt Dudley scored the game-winning goal in the 87th minute as the Oakland men's soccer team (1-2-2) earned their first victory of the season with a 2-1 victory over Marshall (0-4-1) Friday night at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex.

"A resilient victory from our men tonight in a very tough environment on the road, opening a beautiful new stadium against a top opponent in Marshall," said coach Eric Pogue. "Tonight we showed the mental toughness required to win games, especially in games on the road. We had to deal with a lot of adversity and uncontrollables tonight and showed true character and belief in each other to come out of here with a result."

Dudley put in the game-winner in the 87th minute as the ball bounced around the box to Miche'le Lipari who passed it onto Dudley's foot and slotted it inside the near post past the keeper.

Oakland scored first in the 16th minute as Lipari netted his second goal of the season as he scored on a quick pass from Shawn Claud Lawson to the face of the goal and put it past the keeper on the left side of the net. Marshall would score the equalizer in the 73rd minute as Jahvon Allison took a cross into the box from Daniel Jodah and scored on the second effort past Sean Lewis.

The Golden Grizzlies outshot the Herd 10-7 in the match. Lewis finished with two saves allowing the one goal while Marshall's Tyler Atwell also made two saves and allowed two goals.

The Golden Grizzlies will finish action in the Marshall Qdoba Invitational on Sunday when they face St. Francis starting at 12:30 p.m.

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