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Young's Golden Goal Lifts Eagles to CCC Opening Win

NU's Taylor Young (3) scored the golden goal in orvertime for the Eagles
Box Score KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – NU's senior captain, Taylor Young, scored the golden goal 6 minutes into overtime as the Eagles defeated Oregon Tech 3-2, in their Cascade Conference opener to improve to 5-0 on the season.

Young's goal came off a crossing pass from teammate Kyle Zimmerman as he placed it to the left side of the goal and Young finished from 3 yards out. It was Young's 5th goal in as many games.

Todd Siedenburg and Brendon Wheeler teamed up for the first NU goal 8:15 into the game as Siedenburg took Wheeler's pass across the box and scored just inside the 18 yard mark.

Tech's Grant Alexander tied the score at 1-1 in the 27th minute as he scored off a rebound from 2 yards out. Five Eagle shots would not find the mark as the teams headed into halftime still tied at 1 goal each.

Oregon Tech took a 2-1 lead at the 52:15 mark as Luiz Valdez headed the ball in from GeRysand Cabanilla's assist. Northwest U would have four shots to tie, but the fifth attempt in the 61st minute by Jacob Weaver would find the back of the net as he dribbled passed an OIT defender and put his shot passed the Owl goalkeeper to tie the score at 2-all.

The teams would trade shots for 30 minutes without success as the defenses stiffened and would not allow a game winner in regulation.
In the overtime period, it looked as though NU would win it early as Kyle Zimmerman, Odason Pelogi both had shots in the first two minutes off corner kicks, but it would be Young's game winner 96 minutes into the game as the Eagles would open CCC play with a victory.

"I'm very proud of the guys for digging in and finding a way to win today," said Gary McIntosh, Eagle head coach. "It was a physical game and we got away from how we like to play early on, but in the second half we settled in and started to find our groove. "Daniel (Christenson) was excellent in goal and our defense did a solid job limiting them in second half.  Our offense continues to create chances for us. All of our goals were nice today and they came from three different players which was important. It was a great win on the road today."

The Eagles will return to Kirkland, but will be on the road again this Saturday when they travel to Olympia to play Evergreen at 1 p.m.
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