Wisconsin Soccer Central

The Marquette and UW-Green Bay men's soccer teams celebrated double-overtime victories Sunday, with the Golden Eagles' win their first in their past five games.

UW-Milwaukee, meanwhile, had the lead in both of its matches at a tournament in Alabama, only to be undone with late goals both days.

Get all the highlights in our weekly recap of the Golden Eagles, Phoenix and Panthers.

Marquette (2-4-1)

Friday: Golden Eagles 1, Michigan State 1. Senior midfielder Calum Mallace converted a penalty kick in the 61st minute for his first goal of the season, but freshman Fatai Alashe scored off a rebound in the 83rd as the Spartans (1-4-1) pulled out a draw at Valley Fields. Sophomore forward Adam Lysak (Milton) drew the penalty for the Golden Eagles, as he was taken down in the box after taking in a long cross from junior Anthony Selvaggi. On the sequence that resulted in the equalizer, junior goalkeeper David Check (Mequon Homestead) stopped a shot by Mark Barone, but Alashe redirected the rebound into the net for his first collegiate goal. Marquette freshman midfielder C. Nortey had a goal disallowed in the first half due to an offside call, while the Golden Eagles saw Michigan State keeper Jeremy Clark punch away a header by Michael Alfano off a corner kick by Mallace in the 100th minute.

Sunday: Golden Eagles 2, Michigan 1 (2OT). Kelmend Islami (South Milwaukee) won't soon forget his first collegiate goal. The freshman ran onto a drop kick by Check and chipped a shot over Wolverines keeper Adam Grinwis in the 110th minute in Ann Arbor, Mich., to snap a four-game winless streak for Marquette. "I knew Check was going to play it. I was one-on-one with the keeper. I saw him slip, so I just hit it," Islami said of his goal with just 55 seconds left in the second overtime. "I'm used to scoring, but I've been waiting for this one for a while." The Golden Eagles trailed throughout, falling behind in the 11th minute, but equalized in the 73rd through Nortey. He cleaned up after Grinwis stopped but spilled a direct free kick by Mallace from 40 yards out. Mallace nearly ended the match in the 100th, but his header off a corner kick clanged off the far post. Check finished with nine saves, including a stop on a 2-on-1 in the 83rd and back-to-back saves in the 106th.

Up next: at Syracuse, 6 p.m. Saturday (Big East opener).

UW-Green Bay (3-2-1)

Friday: Green Bay Classic – Niagara 2, Phoenix 0. Senior Carl Haworth set up the first goal and scored the second as the Purple Eagles (4-1-1) and their stingy defense spoiled coach Kris Kelderman's home debut at Santaga Stadium. Green Bay outshot Niagara 20-6 but managed only four shots on goal as it was shut out for the first time this season. Callum Willmott scored in the 14th minute and Haworth doubled the lead with his fifth goal of the season in the 45th as Niagara extended its unbeaten streak to five. "I felt that we played well the first 10 to 15 minutes of the game but we just couldn't match Niagara's intensity," Kelderman said. "Niagara is a very hard competing team and we didn't match their intensity and it cost us two goals. ... We're a young team, we're a new team and we had a wake-up call tonight."

Sunday: Green Bay Classic – Phoenix 2, Dayton 1 (2OT). Much like Marquette's match Sunday, a freshman came up with a memorable first career goal in the second overtime. Kirby Allen (Appleton North) broke in alone and finished in the 105th minute as 10-man Green Bay got past the Flyers (1-6-0) at Santaga. "I saw the opportunity against the goalie. I thought he was going to come out, I took it a touch wide and he went back and I just kept my composure and just drilled it at the goal and put it in," Allen said. "I've had other goals that have come down to the last second, but nothing as big as this." The Phoenix took the lead in the 27th as sophomore forward Sam Krenzien (Wauwatosa West) headed in a cross from the right flank served in by senior midfielder Tony Walls (Wauwatosa East) for his second goal of the season. But Green Bay freshman defender Defrim Ramushevski was sent off in the 52nd – he was the last man back and took down Dayton junior forward Whitney Browne as he headed to goal. Browne then fired the ensuing free kick from just outside the box past Phoenix junior keeper Ryan Wehking for the equalizer. It was one of just two shots the Flyers put on frame in the match.

Up next: vs. Loyola (Ill.), 7 p.m. Saturday (Horizon opener).

UW-Milwaukee (3-4-0)

Friday: UAB "Soccer for a Cure" Classic – Gardner-Webb 2, Panthers 1. Freshman Nick Langford's 82nd-minute goal put UW-Milwaukee in prime position, but the Bulldogs scored in the 87th and 89th minutes to record a stunning victory in Birmingham, Ala. "It was just an all-around disappointing performance," coach Chris Whalley said after his team's second straight loss. "With eight minutes to go, Nick Langford scores a great goal, on the road, to give us a chance to win the game after playing poorly. And sometimes you get results like that. But then with four minutes to go, two defensive breakdowns and we just basically throw the game away. It was massively disappointing." Langford ran onto a through ball from senior Keegan Ziada and after his first shot was blocked by a defender, he finished on his second bite at the apple. Gardner-Webb (2-2-2) equalized through Chijoke Akujuobi – UWM junior keeper John Shakon stopped Chris Davis' shot from inside the box, only to see Akujuobi pop in the rebound – and John Sargent came up with the winner on a 30-yard strike with just 82 seconds left. The Panthers had only six shots in the match and just two on frame.

Sunday: UAB "Soccer for a Cure" Classic – Alabama-Birmingham 2, Panthers 1 (OT). Mladen Lemez, a 6-foot-5 defender from Bosnia, scored the equalizer on a header off a throw-in in the 86th minute then headed in the winner off a corner kick in the 96th as the Blazers (5-0-2) overcame an impressive performance by Shakon to win their own tournament. Lemez also played a role in UWM's goal, taking down Langford in the box just 20 seconds into the second half for a penalty kick that Panthers freshman Gerardo Saavedra (Milwaukee Messmer) converted for his fourth goal of the season. Shakon finished with a career-high 10 saves, including six in the second half and two in overtime before Lemez made a run to the near post on Chris Williams' corner kick and flicked a header that got past the diving keeper to the far post. "They've got some big, strong guys and they got us on two set pieces," Whalley said. "Unfortunately, that's the way it went down. It was the third time in a row that we lost 2-1 and third time in a row it's been a heartbreaker – two in overtime and one, obviously, in the last minute. I'm not too disappointed today because we played a lot better than we did on Friday and I think the guys showed some real character."

Up next: at Butler, 6 p.m. Saturday (Horizon opener).