Lastly. A street win for the College of Northern Colorado soccer crew Saturday evening in Houston, Texas.
Transformed tight finish Hank Gibbs plowed in from the 1-yard line in extra time, giving the Bears a 26-23 win over Houston Christian at Husky Stadium.
The Bears, mired in a two-game shedding streak depsite enjoying properly at Colorado State and at South Dakota to the ultimate seconds of every sport, improved to 2-2 on the season.
Houston Christian blocked a possible game-winning UNC subject objective try within the last seconds of the fourth quarter, sending the sport to extra time tied 20-20.
HCU took a 23-20 lead on its first possession of OT on a subject objective by kicker Charlie Weinrich.
The Bears’ eight-play drive of OT beginning on the HCU 25 was aided by a defensive cross interference name on HCU’s Tyran Chappell. The end result was a Bears’ first down on the HCU 14-yard. Three performs later, Gibbs sealed the win.
HCU’s Sean DuBose received a hand on the 36-yard try by Bears kicker Jacob Willig with 4 seconds remaining within the fourth quarter. The play ended a UNC risk after the Bears went 68 yards in 10 performs to get into the Huskies’ purple zone.
The play additionally despatched UNC to its second OT sport in two weeks. The Bears misplaced 24-17 in extra time Sept. 13 to nationally ranked South Dakota.
On the earlier HCU possession, Huskies kicker Charlie Weinrich tied the sport with a 50-yard subject objective with 2:47 to play.
The Bears had been well-balanced on offense, however the working sport was particular, racking up 222 yards of their 437 complete yards. Mathias Value led UNC with 126 yards dashing on 27 carries and a landing.
UNC survived two interception returns for touchdowns within the first half thrown by quarterback Eric Gibson Jr. He completed the sport 24 of 37 passing for 213 yards with a landing.
The Bears open their eight-game Large Sky Convention schedule subsequent week. UNC hosts Idaho State at 1 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 27) at Nottingham Discipline on homecoming weekend in Greeley.
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