GOSHEN, Ind. — Stuart Aeschliman recorded his sixth career multi-goal outing for the Goshen College men's soccer team, scoring both goals to send the game to overtime Tuesday night before Marian University scored the golden goal for a 3-2 victory at the John Ingold Athletic Complex.
The Salem, Oregon native, tallied on both ends of the second half, picking off a cross and firing from the top of the box in the second minute after the intermission and scoring on an Uriel Macias cross with less than two minutes to go. His second and third goals of the season make him the team leader with three of GC's seven tallies.
Jalen Rice and Chad Williams scored less than five minutes apart for the Knights (2-4-1, 2-3-1 Crossroads League). Rice tied the game in the 57th minute when he lined a free kick off the Goshen wall and into the net. In the 62nd minute, Williams ran under a punt from goalkeeper Brennan Weiger and slotted it home to give Marian its first lead of the evening.
After Aeschliman's second goal, the game was tied for 188 seconds of game time. The teams played a final frantic two minutes of regulation before the game moved to the sudden-victory portion. A minute into the extra session, a Rice corner found James Jenkins beyond the far post. Jenkins crossed it across the goal mouth, where Merchand nodded it home for a second win this season.
Goshen (0-2-1, 0-2-1) outshot Marian in each half, 6-4 in the first and 10-9 after halftime. Marian's goal was the only attempt of extra time. The Maple Leafs had a 9-6 edge in shots on goal. The game was Goshen's third straight overtime finish.
Weiger made 7 saves for Marian and Matias da Fonseca made 3 for the Maple Leafs.
Neither team scored in the first half, though both teams tried: GC took the first four shots before Alex Webb tested da Fonseca for the first time on a corner in the 20th minute. Goshen's counter ended with a Lucas Bontreger shot for a save at the other end. There were no shots for the final 8 minutes of the half.
GC had a pair of chances to double its lead in the first 10 minutes after halftime before Rice's equalizer. The Leafs' best chance came with about seven minutes left on a corner kick to the southeast post: Jose "Bebo" Villatoro got to the ball at the same time as Weiger, but the keeper won the collision and left the Goshen forward down on the field. He would not return.
Goshen continues its makeup run on Thursday at Grace College with kickoff set for 7 p.m. at 1st Source Bank Field in Winona Lake.
