GEORGETOWN, Texas – Southwestern men's soccer rallied back from a two-goal deficit to force overtime but were ultimately bested in their season opener 3-2 by Concordia in double overtime.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Concordia's Carl Linn scored the first goal four minutes into the game from 22 yards out
• CTX added one more on a Southwestern own goal at the 63 minute mark to go up 2-0
• SU's Jake Swonke capitalized on a Tornado defensive error and scored his first collegiate goal in his first game as a Pirate, cutting the deficit to one with 23 minutes to play
• Christian Lopez buried a penalty kick in the 89^th minute to tie the game and Andres Carreno-Mendez's shot careened off the crossbar with seconds remaining to send the game into overtime
• After a scoreless first overtime Concordia took the victory off the foot of Fabian Billings in the 102^nd minute.

STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN

• Shots: SU 23, CTX 10
• Corners: SU 6, CTX 3
• Saves: SU 3, CTX 3

UP NEXT

Southwestern (0-1) begins a seven game road trip beginning against Wisconsin-Oshkosh in Salem, Oregon on Friday, September 4^th at 9 pm CST.