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NEWARK, Del. - - Hakim Williams delivered his second overtime winner of the week on Saturday as the 10th ranked Wilmington University men's soccer team defeated Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference foe Nyack, 1-0, in double overtime at the WU Athletics Complex.
The win extends the best start to a season for the Wildcats in program history, as the nationally 10th ranked Wildcats move to 9-0-1 overall and 3-0 in CACC play.
The afternoon was littered with near misses and close calls on both sides of the ball, but it was capped by a Hakim Williams tap in the 102nd minute. Williams also scored the overtime winning on Wednesday night at Millersville in the 99th minute.
Both keepers were called upon to keep the game scoreless, as the Warriors' (3-6, 2-2 CACC) Marco Roble recorded six saves on the afternoon and the Wildcats' Konstantions Parisis made three stops.
There was no bigger stop for Roble then in the 84th minute, as he kept the game scoreless by saving a penalty kick from the nation's leading scorer in Shawn Genus.
Konstantinos Parisis' big save came in the first overtime period, as he sprawled out to his left to get just enough of a Mitchell Reed shot in the 93rd minute.
Marius Skattum Dahl had an opportunity in the last minute of the first overtime, getting a good piece of the ball from outside the 18-yard box, but his shot was directly at Roble who made the stop and sent the game into double overtime.
The Wildcats capitalized on their lone chance of the second overtime, starting with a long ball out of the backfield and tracked down by Pol Romero. Romero got the ball to his right foot and fired to the near post, but Roble was able to make the initial stop. But he gave up a rebound and Shawn Genus was there to collect it on the endline. He sent he ball back across the goal mouth to a wide open Hakim Williams who tapped in it for the game-winning goal.
The Wildcats led in shots, 20-8, including a 10-3 advantage in the first half. Nyack had more corners, 5-4, in the match.
The Wildcats are on the road for their next three games, but they start with their shortest trip of the year on Tuesday afternoon. They head to Goldey-Beacom for a 3:30 start on October 5.
