No. 24 Fort Hays State pushed its winning streak to five matches with a comeback effort against Upper Iowa on Thursday evening, using a golden goal in overtime for a 3-2 victory.
 
FHSU (7-3-1, 4-2-0 MIAA) fired 18 shots for the game, controlling the match for much for the second half and overtime periods, firing 13 shots over the final 52 minutes of play.  UIU (6-4-1, 3-3-0 MIAA) had 11 shots on the night and were unable to get a shot off in overtime.
 
FHSU struck first, capitalizing on a long cross from Luan Silva that found Tanner Brock in the 16th minute.  After UIU originally cleared FHSU's offensive efforts, Silva recovered the ball and fired a pass from 25 yards out towards the backside of the box, where Brock flew with a header from five yards out.
 
Soon after, however, the Tigers had a letdown defensively where the Peacocks struck with two goals in less than a minute.
 
Off a corner from Johnny McBeth in the 31st minute, Ryan Pinkerton won the ball off a scramble in the box to score and tie it, 1-1.  Just 53 seconds later, Fausto Ordenana gathered a deflection off Hugo Alves's shot that hit the cross bar, and scored from inside the box to give UIU a 2-1 lead.
 
FHSU nearly tied it in the 60th minute, as Michael Cole and Anthony Hernandez fired back-to-back shots seven seconds apart, but the ball ran right along the goal line for a moment before UIU goalkeeper Connor Rortvedt pounced on it.
 
Inside 10 minutes to play in regulation, though, FHSU finally capitalized after controlling play for a majority of the half.  Brock dished a quick pass to Diego Cabral on a corner kick, and Cabral crossed the ball to the back post for Drew Wilson, where his header beat the keeper.  It was Wilson's first goal of the season.
 
Headed for overtime after the equalizer, Brock put the game away at 97:18.  Mauricio Castorino beat two men on the left side of the box before crossing it to Brock, who gathered it mid-box and after beating his man, put the game away on a golden goal that went just past a diving keeper.
 
Brock led the way for the Tigers with two goals and an assist on the evening, hitting FHSU's first goal and the game-winner while contributing in the equalizer.  It was the third and fourth goal of the season for Brock.  Wilson had the Tigers' other goal, with Silva, Cabral and Castorino picking up assists.
 
The Tigers return to FHSU Soccer Stadium on Saturday (Oct. 11) for a rematch with Southern Nazarene.  Game time is 2 p.m.