Jacob Panagos scored in the 86th minute Friday night, lifting Truman State men’s soccer to a 2-1 win over Missouri-St. Louis in the semifinals of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament and sending the Bulldogs to the league championship match for the first time in program history, according to Truman State Athletics.
Truman State (7-6-5, 5-5-4 GLVC) will play top-seeded Lincoln (Mo.) at noon Sunday, Nov. 8, at the Lake Country Soccer Complex in Springfield.
Brady Lombardo gave the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead in the third minute, scoring at 2:35 for his fourth goal of the season. Missouri-St. Louis (8-7-3, 6-5-3) tied it at 27:44 on Brady Freeman’s ninth goal of the year.
The score stayed 1-1 until Panagos, with an assist from Roman Scognamillo, scored his 15th goal of the season at 86:13 for the winner.
The Bulldogs reached the semifinals by beating Maryville in a shootout in the quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 1.
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