SENATOBIA – Leading by two goals just 3:22 into the match, Northwest had to hold off three unanswered goals from Holmes to win 4-3 in overtime and stay unbeaten in division play.
Northwest improved to 4-1-1 overall and 2-0-1 in the north, while Holmes dropped to 0-5 and 0-2.
Peyton McKnatt and
Michael Ledbetter netted goals in the 1st and 4th minutes to give the Rangers an early 2-0 cushion but Holmes answered with authority with three unanswered goals in the next 24 minutes.
Tied at 2-2 in the 37th minute, Rolando Sanchez converted on a penalty kick to give the Bulldogs their first lead going into the half.
The 3-2 Holmes lead would hold true for nearly 38 minutes until
Andy Blakney took a rebound off the post from
Will Jones and fired it in the back of the net for his first collegiate goal in the 76th minute.
Playing its second overtime match in six days, Northwest would find the golden goal in the 96th minute when Ledbetter beat Markus Frederick one-on-one for the 4-3 come-from-behind win. McKnatt was credited with his team-leading seventh assist of the year on the game-winner.
Brandon Carrillo picked up five saves in the win, none bigger than his stop of Austin Scott in the 95th minute. Frederick had 13 saves for Holmes in the loss.
Northwest will travel to Itawamba (3-2, 0-1) on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. and will be streamed live at
www.letsgoicctv.com/red with Adam Gore and
Kevin Maloney on the call.
