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6
Winner North Georgia UNG (2-3)
4
Shorter SU (0-3)
Winner
North Georgia UNG
(2-3)
6
Final
4
Shorter SU
(0-3)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
North Georgia UNG 1 5 6
Shorter SU 3 1 4

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | UNG Athletic Communications

Late Surge Leads Men’s Soccer Past Shorter, 6-4

ROME, Ga. | While a thunderstorm delayed the start Monday night's match there would be no raining on the parade of the University of North Georgia offense as the Nighthawks used a strong second half performance to soar past Shorter, 6-4, at Grizzard Park in Rome. UNG improves to 2-3 on the season with the victory, snapping a two-game slide.
 
It took a little while for each offense to get into a groove, but Michael Akin started what would end up a goal frenzy in the 26th minute of the game finishing a ball from Eddie Hurst to put the Nighthawks on the board first. Shorter responded quickly with the equalizer in the 28th and then found a pair of goals in the 32nd and 33rd, to take a 3-1 lead.
 
Ivan Acimovic started what turned out to be an amazing half for the Nighthawks with an early goal in the 48th minute on a ball sent to the center of the box by Alex Grant. UNG would find an equalizer of its own in the 52nd taking advantage of a Hawks foul in the box as Adam Farrell converted a penalty kick to make it even at 3-3.
 
Shorter would answer though, scoring on a penalty kick of its own to retake the lead. The Nighthawks would not go silently however, as Santo Ylitalo brought the game even once again in the 74th.
 
North Georgia kept the hammer down as William Pettersson snuck a goal into the upper corner in the 82nd and Akin would add another goal late in the 88-th minute to put the game away and hand UNG a hard earned 6-4 road victory.
 
NOTES
- UNG had not scored five or more goals in nearly five years, with the last match being a 6-2 win over Alabama-Huntsville at home on Sept. 20, 2011.
 
- It is only the second time in the NCAA-era that UNG has scored five or more goals in a match on the road. The last came in North Georgia's first year in the NCAA, a 9-1 win at Georgia Southwestern on Oct. 5, 2005.
 
- Michael Akin become the first Nighthawk to score multiple goals in a game this season, bookending the offensive attack for North Georgia on the night.
 
STAT OF THE NIGHT
85 – It had been exactly 85 matches since UNG last scored five or more goals in a match.
 
NEXT UP
The Nighthawks return home for a midweek match against Emmanuel on Wednesday, Sept. 14. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. Fans in attendance will have the chance to receive a free UNG Soccer Scarf.
 
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