(ST. LOUIS, MO, Oct 14) – The McKendree University men's soccer team topped the Saints of Maryville University Sunday afternoon 3-2 in an intense double overtime battle. The Bearcats improve to 8-4-1 overall and 6-3-1 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC).
 
The Bearcats were out-shot by the Saints 10 to four, however McKendree found the back of the net on all of their on-goal attempts. The Bearcats struck first in the 27^th minute after junior defender Javier Soto (Santiago, Chile/) scored off an assist from Matthew Moran (Perryville, MO/Perryville High School). Maryville answered back quickly with a goal in the 30^th minute to tie the game 1-1, however sophomore striker Raul Artega (Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico) netted a 30-yard ball off a failed Maryville clearing pass, reclaiming the lead for McKendree before the end of the first half. Maryville would score the only goal of the second half in the 59^th minute and send the conference match into overtime, where just two minutes into the second overtime period sophomore midfielder Eddie Davis (Arundel, England/Amersham College) would score his second game-winner of the weekend on a breakaway set up by Ryan Herling (Belleville, IL/Belleville West). Defensively, sophomore goalkeeper Alvaro Cortazar (Asuncion, Paraguay/Santa Teresa de Jesus) collected six saves in a winning effort.
 
The men's soccer team will return to action Friday, October 19 at 7:30 p.m. as they host fellow GLVC competitor Truman State.