Men's Soccer

October 11, 2009

Trinity Edges Millsaps in Double-Overtime Thriller

Jackson, Mississippi - The eighth-ranked Trinity Tigers men edged the Millsaps Majors 3-2 in a double-overtime SCAC game Sunday afternoon.

Trinity, the defending conference champion, improved to 8-1-2 and 3-0-0 SCAC. Millsaps now stands at 7-6-0 and 2-4-0 SCAC. Last Friday, the Tigers tied Birmingham-Southern 1-1 in a double-overtime SCAC game in Alabama.

Tiger senior defender Alan Llobet scored his first game-winning goal of the season, 2:35 into the second overtime period. First-year forward Alan Castillejos had the assist, off a throw-in to the box.

The Tigers were down 1-2  with less than two minutes to play in the game, including a Millsaps score on a Trinity own-goal. Then, Trinity senior forward Ben Grossman sparked the Tigers with a goal in the 88th minute. Grossman scored by kicking the ball into the goal off the Millsaps’ goalkeeper’s save. Senior midfielder Connor Hickey provided the assist. Grossman, who has eight goals this season,  became the 11^th player in Trinity history to score 30 or more times in a career.

Trinity sophomore midfielder Ian Davies put the Tigers on the board first, in the 39th minute, with an assist by junior midfielder Tommy Barros.

The Tigers led the Majors 21-4 in shots, and held an 11-3 advantage in shots on goal. Trinity led 14-3 in corner kicks.

There will be two SCAC home games next weekend. Trinity will host Centre at 8 p.m. Friday, and DePauw at 2 p.m. next Sunday.

Alan Llobet scored his second goal of the season on Sunday, knocking in the game-winner 155 seconds into the second overtime

Ben Grossman scored his eighth goal of the season, tying the game in the 88th minute, and forcing overtime against Millsaps