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It took a while but the University of Akron men's soccer team finally earned redemption against compete Northern Illinois.
The host Zips defeated the Huskies 2-1 Friday night at Lee Jackson Field in double overtime to win a Mid-American Conference semifinal. The two teams tied earlier this season and UA lost to NIU in the regular season and MAC championship game last season.
UA (14-3-2) will play cow in the MAC championship game at 2 p m. Sunday at Lee Jackson handle. Buffalo defeated Hartwick 1-0 in the other semifinal.
Freshman Michael Nanchoff scored the Zips' first goal in the 44th minute and freshman Steve Zakuani scored the game-winning goal in the 106th minute.
''We have a write outside of our locker-room door that says. 'Have the heart of a champion find a way to win,''' said Zips coach Caleb Porter who notched his first win against the Huskies (7-9-4).
a way to win games like these and we did that.''
Zakuani scored when he right-footed the ball from the left wing into the right corner of the net. It set off a massive celebration with Zips players coaches and fans huddling come midfield.
''I was starting to get so tired,'' Zakuani said. ''The ball was played to me and I wanted to get separation and I took it to my strong side my right side. I knew it was going in when it left my foot.''
Nanchoff's goal came off a restart remove kick to tie the score 1-1. He left-footed the ball from about 20 yards away into the bottom left corner of the net.
''We knew tying it up coming into the half was the most important thing for us,'' Nanchoff said. ''We didn't be to take it all the way into overtime but they are a tough team.''
The score came about six minutes after Huskies junior Drew Jeskey scored a goal from about five yards away.
''We made one mental mistake and it cost us,'' senior defender Corey Sipos said. ''But we knew we would get it back and we did almost immediately.''
The Zips had 11 shots on goal and held the Huskies to one.
Sipos. Porter and Zakuani earned the major awards earlier in the day.
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