The Lancaster Bible men's soccer team won its second straight game on Saturday as the Chargers overcame a 2-0 second half deficit and won 3-2 in double overtime over Penn St. Berks. The victory moves the Chargers to 5-2-3 overall and 2-2-1 in North Eastern Athletic Conference play. Penn St. Berks is now 4-6-1 and 2-4 in conference play.

How it Happened: After both teams had chances early in the game, Penn St. Berks opened the scoring thanks to T.J. Yurkovic who raced down the field and was able to tip the ball through Lancaster Bible goalkeeper Josue Bosque's legs to give the Nittany Lions a 1-0 advantage. The score remained the same through halftime, but just 45 seconds into the second half, Jon Mercier took advantage of a Lancaster Bible turnover and extended the Nittany Lions' lead to 2-0.

Staring a sub-.500 NEAC record in the face, freshman Eric Bailey gave the Chargers the lift they needed as he scored his first collegiate goal with 34:56 to play off a feed from sophomore Nathan Recalo to cut the Chargers' deficit to one. Eight minutes later Lancaster Bible senior Josiah Groff tied the game as he overpowered the Nittany Lions' defense and tipped the ball past the goalkeeper for his team-leading eighth goal of the season.

While the game got a bit chippy the rest of the way, the scoring chances for each team diminished and for the fifth time this season, the Chargers were headed to overtime. Both teams had a chance to score in the first overtime, but neither team could convert and for the third time in 2015 Lancaster Bible headed to a second overtime. 

In the second overtime, Penn St. Berks had control of the first few minutes before the Chargers gained possession and drove the ball down the field. Sophomore Edward Bills had his initial shot blocked, but regained possession and drew a foul in the box to earn his second penalty kick try of the season.

Penn St. Berks goalkeeper Rotman Saltos dove to his right as Bills connected with the ball, but Bills drove the ball almost right down the middle and gave the Chargers a 3-2 victory.

By the Numbers: The goal was Bills' second of the season as both have come via the penalty kick, but both have been monumental goals...In addition to today's game-winner, he had the game-tying goal in a 3-2 win over Stevenson earlier in the year...Penn St. Berks outshot the Chargers, 19-18 and held a 9-8 advantage in corner kicks...Lancaster Bible goalkeeper Josue Bosque was superb in goal once again as he made nine saves and improved to 3-0-1 this season.

The Coach Says: "I thought we showed a lot of character today to battle back from two goals down against a good team," Lancaster Bible Head Coach Tom Ardt said. "I'm really proud of the guys and they gave a great effort from beginning to end. I thought we were sharp today and everyone played well from goalkeeper through offense, everyone."

Information Hodge Podge: The assist for Recalo was the first collegiate point of his career...Groff now has 22 goals for his career which is 16th all-time in program history...Groff has eight goals this season which is a career-high...Saturday was the fourth time this season the Chargers have scored three or more goals in a game and Lancaster Bible is 4-0 in those games...Lancaster Bible is now 9-9-1 all-time against Penn St. Berks.

Up Next: Lancaster Bible hosts Cazenovia on Tuesday at 1 p.m. to continue its string of five straight NEAC games.