Box Score Colorado College appeared to be well on its way to its sixth road victory when the Tigers struck for a pair of goals in less than 15 minutes at Southwestern University on Sunday afternoon.
However, CC lost starting goalkeeper
Keller Mochel midway through the first half, and then senior defender
Griffin Wesley was sent off in the 71st minute, which allowed the Pirates to rally for a 3-2 overtime victory at Varsity Field.
The Tigers broke through late in the 13th minute when senior midfielder
Robert Malone scored his team-leading sixth goal of the season with a shot from the top of the 18-yard box.
Sophomore forward
Jackson Silverstein doubled Colorado College's lead a little less than two minutes later when he put a header off a cross from senior defender
Keenan Amer inside the back post.
The game began to turn in the 29th minute when junior goalkeeper
Keller Mochel was hit by a Southwestern shot from point blank range and taken out of the game as a precaution.
CC kept the Pirates off the board until the 58th minute when Alex Newell scored.
The hosts caught the break it needed in the 71st minute when senior defender
Griffin Wesley was sent off after being booked for the second time, forcing the undermanned Tigers to finish the game with 10 players.
A little more than eight minutes later, the Pirates played a direct kick into the mixer and Jake Swonke found the deflected ball and directed it into the net.
Kip Karschnik scored for the game winner 3:23 into overtime when his shot from the top of the box deflected off a CC defender past freshman goalkeeper
Keleher Felton.
Felton stopped a pair of shots in his first collegiate appearance, while Mochel made three saves during his 28 minutes of action.
Alan Carr stopped three shots for Southwestern, which improved to 9-4-1 overall and 7-3-1 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Colorado College, 10-5-0 overall and 8-4-0 in the SCAC, kicks off a season-ending four-game home stand on Tuesday afternoon when Johnson & Wales visits Stewart Field at 3 p.m.
