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MSU Billings MSUB (0-2-0)
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Winner Dixie State DX-M (2-0-0)
MSU Billings MSUB
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Dixie State DX-M
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MSU Billings MSUB 1 0 0 1
Dixie State DX-M 0 1 1 2

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | by DSU Athletic Media Relations

Men's Soccer Outlasts MSU Billings in Overtime, 2-1

Ortega nets two goals, including the game-winner in OT


Sophomore midfielder Gustavo Ortega (Las Vegas, Nev./Cimarron Memorial HS) tallied his first two collegiate goals, including the game's "golden goal" just over two minutes into the first overtime period, to lift Dixie State to a dramatic 2-1 victory over Montana State Billings Saturday afternoon at Westminster College's Dumke Field. The win extends the Trailblazers' (2-0-0) regular season winning streak to 17 matches, which includes the final 15 regular season matches of the 2016 season.

MSUB (0-2-0) attempted just one shot in the first half, but the Yellowjackets made it count as Niklas Schregel scored from 8-yards out in the 41st-minute to stake his side to a 1-0 lead. The Trailblazers netted the equalizer midway through the 64th-minute when senior Ather Dawood (Tucson, Ariz./Palo Verde HS) played a high cross to Ortega, who headed the ball past MSUB keeper Javier Hernandez from 6-yards out to tie the match at 1-1.

Then in overtime, sophomore Moises Medina (Mesquite, Nev./Virgin Valley HS) served a ball into Ortega, who chipped a point-blank shot that got through Hernandez and into goal at the 2:13 mark of the period to end the match.

DSU's defense held MSUB to just total three shot attempts in the match, all of which were on goal. Sophomore keeper Zach Nielson (West Point, Utah/Northridge HS) (W, 2-0-0), who came on to start the second half, collected a pair of saves to earn his second win in as many outings. The Trailblazers attempted 17 shots, seven on frame, with Ortega and Medina finishing with two shots on goal apiece.

DSU continues its current road-swing to open the 2017 season next weekend as the Trailblazers head Colorado Springs for a pair of matches. DSU opens the trip against Eastern New Mexico on Saturday, Sept. 9, and will face Colorado-Colorado Springs on Monday, Sept. 11.
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