HARDEEVILLE, S.C. – The No. RV SCAD men's soccer team tied Southeastern University 3-3 in the Sun Conference Final at home on Thursday. The Fire advance on penalty kicks, 5-4.
 
RECORDS: The Bees are now 11-4-3, while the Fire are 10-3-4.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED: SCAD jumped on the board first with a goal from Moritz Prattes off an assist from Caio Lara to give the Bees a 1-0 lead in the tenth minute. Twelve minutes later, Michael O'Brien, assisted by Raffael Mohr, doubled SCAD's lead (2-0).
 
Southeastern scored its first goal in the 46^th minute, but the Bees answered with a goal from Daire Russell, assisted by Tim Rothe, in the 52^nd minute to take a 3-1 lead.
 
The Fire scored back-to-back goals in the 83rd and 88th minutes, the latter off a penalty kick, to tie the game at three-all and force overtime.
 
At the conclusion of two overtime periods, neither team scored, ending the game in a tie and sending it to penalty kicks to determine who advanced. Southeastern made five to SCAD's four to earn the Sun Conference Tournament Title.
 
KEY PERFORMERS:

• Moritz Prattes, Michael O'Brien, and Daire Russell totaled one goal each.
• Caio Lara, Tim Rothe, and Raffael Mohr each tallied one assist.
• Goalie Connor Friel nabbed nine saves in his 110 minutes of work.

WHAT'S NEXT? The Bees will wait to see if they earn an at-large bid to the NAIA National Championships. The selection show is on Saturday, November 16, at 3:00 p.m.