ASHLAND, Ore. - Chris Slater and Alfie Roffey scored less than six minutes apart early in the second half, and the College of Idaho men's soccer team came from behind to beat Southern Oregon 2-1 on Saturday at Raider Stadium.
Southern Oregon pressed for much of the first half, earning six corner kicks and nearly scoring in the 15th minute when Jonathan Gaspar's shot hit the post. The Raiders broke through in the 29th minute, when JP Warnell finished a one-two with Agustin Gannat from 16 yards out on the left side. It was Warnell's fifth goal of the season, and the hosts carried a 1-0 lead into halftime.
CI leveled the match in the 53rd minute. Moments after Southern Oregon's Esmatullah Yawari was shown a yellow card, Slater put a 27-yard free kick inside the left post for his second goal of the year.
The Yotes went ahead less than six minutes later. Roffey, who had re-entered the match 32 seconds earlier, took advantage of a Southern Oregon turnover and scored from 15 yards in the 58th minute. Mitch Cameron was credited with the assist on Roffey's fourth goal of the season.
From there, Yago Gonzalez kept Southern Oregon out. The Raiders outshot CI 13-9 after the break, and Gonzalez made six of his nine saves in the second half, including stops on Ariel De Dios Cruz in the 68th and 71st minutes and a Jose Mondesi Munoz header in the 83rd. Gannat's header in the final seconds went over the bar.
Roffey led CI with five shots, three on target. Gonzalez played all 90 minutes in goal.
Daniel Espinosa made five saves for Southern Oregon, which held a 20-16 edge in shots and a 9-6 edge in corners. De Dios Cruz and Mondesi Munoz each had four shots.
CI improved to 3-5-5 overall and 3-2-4 in conference play. Southern Oregon fell to 9-3-1 and 5-3-0.