Sept. 24, 2004
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Junior defender Jaro Pylypczak (Lombard, Ill./Benet Academy) scored his third career goal Friday night in overtime at the ProRehab Aces Soccer Classic to cap a high-scoring, 5-4 Wildcat victory over Oral Roberts.
Freshman David Roth (St. Louis, Mo./Chaminade), sophomore Gerardo Alvarez (Aurora, Ill./Marmion Academy) and juniors Brad Napper (Dallas, Texas/Jesuit College Prep) and Kevin Earnest (Lemont, Ill./Lemont) also scored for NU.
Pylypczak and Eric Brin (Westlake, Calif,/Westlake) both contributed a pair of assists while Alvarez, Earnest and Brad North (The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands) also registered assists.
Alvarez set the tone early, scoring just 47 seconds into the match on assists from Pylypczak and Brin. Oral Roberts would come back to tie the match at the 5:11 mark, then take a 2-1 lead in the 27th minute.
The Wildcats (6-1-1) took the lead back when Earnest and Napper both netted shots to give NU a 3-2 halftime lead.
In what proved to be a see-saw battle, Oral Roberts scored the first two goals out of halftime to snatch the lead back at 4-3.
In the 71st minute, Roth tied the match at 4-4 on an assist from Earnest at the far post to send the game into overtime. Pylypczak then put home the match-winner in the 94th minute off a corner kick from Brin.
Of the 22 combined shots taken in the match, nine went for goals and only four were saved. This is the first match ORU has been involved in this season that did not result in a shutout for either team.
The Wildcats extend their unbeaten streak to six matches with the win. They return to action at 2:30 p.m. Sunday against host Evansville in position to capture their fourth straight nonconference tournament title.