MIAMI, Fla. – The FIU Panthers men’s soccer team advanced to the third round of the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship on Sunday, defeating New Hampshire with penalty kicks after ending overtime at a 2-2 draw. FIU advances on penalty kicks 10-9.
 
FIU (14-4-1) moves on to the third round of the NCAA Championship and will travel to Durham, North Carolina to take on No. 7 seed Duke on Sunday, November 27 at 1 p.m.
 
The Panthers jumped out to an early lead as Philip Hildebrandt and Stephen Afrifa found Rasmus Robinski in the 13^th minute to score the go-ahead goal.
 
New Hampshire came back in the second half with a goal in the 64^th minute to force it to overtime.
 
Both teams scored a goal in the overtime period with FIU scoring in the 95^th minute and New Hampshire scoring the equalizer in the 107^th minute.
 
During PK’s, both teams were on target, matching each other’s attempts. With it tied 9-9, New Hampshire missed their attempt before Carlos Schekermann connected on his sudden death attempt to push FIU to the next round of the NCAA Tournament.