DETROIT (10/8/22) - The University of Detroit Mercy men's soccer team had to deal with a feisty Purdue Fort Wayne team as well as the weather as graduate student
Ryan Pierson and freshman
Tim Allos rallied the Titans with two late goals for a 2-1 come-from-behind victory on Wednesday night at Titan Field.
Junior
Samory Powder, freshman
Guershom Sylvain and Pierson each posted assists while
redshirt sophomore
Jonathan Kliewer picked up his second league win of the season making four saves.
In the first half, Detroit Mercy (3-5-4, 2-1-3 HL) had a couple of good looks at a goal but could not get on to board as both teams battled the rain which started slowly and turned into a downpour by halftime.
In the second half, PFW (1-8-3, 0-4-2 HL) got on the board first with a penalty kick in the 49th minute.
In the 77h minute, the Titans turned up the pressure and kept attacking as Pierson got a feed from Powder and sent in a pass to Allos who beat the keeper for the equalizer to knot the game at 1-1.
Just a few minutes later in the 81st minute, Sylvain sent up Pierson who buried one in the back of the net putting the Titans ahead for good.
The Titans outshot the Mastodons 15-12 and had a 5-3 advantage on corner kicks.
Detroit Mercy will now hit the road for their final five regular season games starting with a trip to Milwaukee on Saturday, Oct. 15. Game time is set for 3:00 p.m. ET.
