Brock men's soccer moves into playoff position with 3-2 win against Waterloo

by Brock University

 WATERLOO, Ont. - The Brock University men's soccer team (5-8-3 OUA) rallied from a two-goal deficit to defeat Waterloo (3-10-1 OUA) by a 3-2 score Wednesday.

The Warriors took a two-goal lead with strikes from freshman Giovan Logie (Trinidad and Tobago) in the 15th minute and sophomore Jesse Bean (Waterloo, Ont.) in the 47th minute.

Badgers sophomore Kenji Nicks (St. Catharines, Ont.) started the comeback with a goal in the 55th minute to make it 2-1

Senior Andres Nimstiv (Courtice, Ont.) tied the game in the 66th minute.

Freshman Sammy Orlando (Woodbridge, Ont.) scored the winner with his seventh goal of the season in the 73rd minute.

Senior Ryan Toale (Brampton, Ont.) was stellar in net for the Badgers with 10 saves in the win.

Freshman Alberto Tinebro (Hamilton, Ont.) made two saves for Waterloo and was saddled with the loss.

With 18 points, the Badgers hold the final playoff spot and sit two points ahead of the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, who have two games remaining versus the top two teams in the OUA West - they play York (10-1-3 OUA) on October 21 and McMaster (8-2-4 OUA) on October 23.

In their previous meetings this season, Laurier tied York 1-1 on September 3 and lost 4-0 to McMaster on September 17.

GAME SUMMARY

1st Half

15:00 - WAT - Logie

2nd Half

47:00 - WAT - Bean

55:00 - BRO - Nicks

66:00 - BRO - Nimstiv

72:00 - BRO - Orlando

Yellow Cards: BRO - Paterson, WAT - Griewal, Kararaj

Red Cards: WAT - Basir

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