Lobos remain unbeaten with overtime win
- by Soccer America , Nov 21, 2011
[NEW MEXICO-DUKE] Top-ranked New Mexico remained unbeaten with a 2-1 overtime victory over Duke before 6,200 fans in Albuquerque thanks to a golden-goal header
by Carson Baldinger in the 98th minute.
Duke went up 1-0 on a blast by freshman Nick Palodichuk in the 51st
minute, but the Blue Devils were reduced to 10 men 25 minutes later when Chris Tweed-Kent was red carded.
With the man advantage, the Lobos threw
everything at Duke keeper James Belshaw, and Blake Smith tied the game with a shot from outside the area in the 82nd
minute.
UNM is now 18-0-3 and moves into the third round against USF, which also advanced with a 2-1 win over UCF on a golden goal by Wesley
Charpie.
