Heading into the final week of their Canada West regular season, the UNBC Timberwolves men’s soccer team’s playoff chances are alive and well thanks to some incredible second half heroics on Sunday afternoon at Masich Place Stadium.
Trailing 2-0 at the halfway mark, the Timberwolves responded with three unanswered goals in the second half, giving the hosts a spectacular 3-2 home victory over the visiting University of the Fraser Valley Cascades.
Connor Lewis struck twice for UNBC while rookie Koss Nystedt helped the TWolves complete the improbable comeback with his first career Canada West goal in the 86th minute.
The final two UNBC goals of the day were made more impressive by the fact that they were a man down, as Michael Henman, the team’s all-time leading scorer, was removed from the game in the 73rd minute due to a red card.
It was the final game of their UNBC careers for five graduating seniors: Julian Daduica, Noah Ballinger, Gregor Smith, Henman and Daniel Zadravec.
The team heads to Kelowna this weekend for their final two games of the regular season against UBC Okanagan.
