Box Score PORTLAND, Ore. – After missing a penalty kick attempt in the first half, senior Sanad Elghanai got his own redempion in overtime, hitting a strike out of the air to give the Beacons a 2-1 victory over Warner Pacific College on Sunday morning.
 
NCU's victory in the game, which kicked off at 9:45 pm on Saturday, secured the No. 4 seed in the upcoming Cascade Collegiate Conference Tournament, which the Beacons will host beginning Friday, November 3.
 
Things weren't looking good early for the visitors as Warner Pacific scored in the fourth minute. A quick free-kick attempt from just outside the 18-yard box by Artur Pereira came while NCU was still setting their defense and the ball trickled into the right corner despite the diving attempt from sophomore keeper Yayo Olvera.
 
NCU had their best first-half chance at the equalizer in the 22nd minute when Elghanai took his penalty kick attempt after a foul in the box. His attempt went to the right, but Warner Pacific goalie Bailey Thomason guessed correctly, making the diving save to preserve the lead.
 
The score remained 1-0 through the remainder of the first half and most of the second, but with just under 12 minutes remaining in regulation, the Beacons finally came up with the tying strike. A headed pass from Kaj Feddersen found Zephaniah Hollins who successfully punched in the point-blank blast.
 
Later, in the fifth minute of overtime, a failed clearance pass by the Knight defensive line resulted in a high bouncing ball that Elghanai tracked and drop-kicked into the middle of the net from eight yards out.
 
The Beacons (7-7-2, 7-4-2 CCC) finished the game with an 8-6 shot margin including six shots-on-goal. Olvera needed to make just two saves as WPC owned three shots-on-goal in the contest.
 
The Knights (3-9-1, 3-9-1) find their season coming to an end while the Beacons prepare to host No. 5 seed Oregon Tech at 2:00 pm on Friday morning in the first round of the CCC championship tourney.