Oct. 20, 2007

Box Score |  Photo Gallery: Corday's Run 

LANCASTER, Pa. - The No. 18 Franklin & Marshall men's soccer team took over sole possession of first place in the Centennial Conference (CC) with a 2-1 overtime upset of No. 11 Johns Hopkins on Saturday night at North Campus Athletic Field.

In front of a Homecoming crowd of 1,650 people, Brandon Corday struck gold in the 94th minute off a pass from Ryan McGonigle to help the Diplomats (14-1, 5-1 CC) defeat the Blue Jays (13-3, 5-2 CC) for the first time since Oct. 30, 1993.

With the victory, F&M ties the school record for most wins in a season with 14 that was set in 2006 and it also marks the second year in a row the Diplomats have gone undefeated at home.

McGonigle not only assisted the game winner, but put the Diplomats on the board at the 12:26 mark for a 1-0 lead. Matt McCall sent a pass to the middle and McGonigle, who faked out Matt Mierley one way and placed the ball into the left corner of the goal.

F&M held Hopkins without a shot in the first half, but the Blue Jays capitalized on their third shot in the second. Scott Bukoski took a shot from five yards out that deflected off a defender to knot the game at 1-all in the 63rd minute.

Both teams battled for the remaining 17 minutes and both unable to get the game winner in regulation.

With just 3:03 gone in overtime, McGonigle gathered the ball off a corner kick and saw Corday take off from midfield. McGonigle sent the ball from F&M's defensive end and over midfield to a sprinting Corday, who finished a 1v1 opportunity for the win.

Zack Zamek tallied three saves, while Mierley made five stops.

The Diplomats returns to action on Wednesday at Ursinus. Game time is 4 p.m.