HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker men's soccer team narrowly lost to the Mars Hill Lions, 3-2, in double-overtime on Saturday (Oct. 11) night in a South Atlantic Conference match. This was Coker's third straight overtime match, and also its sixth of the season.

In the closing seconds of the second overtime period, Mars Lion slipped a shot past the Cobra goalkeeper to earn the 3-2 victory.

The Cobras were first to strike, thanks to a goal from Noah Gulley with an assist from Kaan Sen just nine minutes into the match. The Lions evened the score at one goal apiece in the 22^nd minute. Then in the 41^st minute Mars Hill struck again to take a 2-1 lead into halftime.

The score remained unchanged until the 72^nd minute of action when Giouliano Andrade tied the game at two with some help from Connor Norton-Baker.

Neither team would be able to score the game-winner in regulation, sending the match into extra time, and after one period of overtime, the score still remained 2-2. It looked as if the match was going to end in a tie, but with just 15 seconds remaining the Lions scored the game-winner. 

Coker outshot the Lions 28-8 and held a 6-5 advantage on corner kicks.

The Cobras will be back in action on Wednesday (Oct. 15) when they travel to USC Aiken for a 5 p.m. match.

McDonald's Player of the Game – Giouliano Andrade