On a day better suited for fishing than soccer, P.J. Lyons caught a keeper ... off-guard, that is.
Lyons rolled a shot past Howard goalkeeper Curtis Ingram in the second sudden-death overtime, leading Hagerstown Community College to a 1-0 victory in a Region XX quarterfinal match played in weather conditions resembling a typhoon.
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"Sometimes, it's better to be lucky than good," HCC head coach Glen Singer said. "Today, we got lucky."
In the 110th minute of play - five minutes into the second overtime - Lyons won the ball in a crowd from about 40 yards out, and sent a shot skidding across the saturated field.
The ball glanced off of Ingram's hands and slowly rolled to the back of the net as Lyons' teammates mobbed him at the center of the field.