OBERLIN, Ohio - Oberlin College men's soccer's magical ten-match unbeaten streak ends as a last-second goal in double overtime sends Kenyon College to a 3-2 win.

The two North Coast Athletic Conference powers collided on Tuesday night and did not disappoint. The action was fierce from the kickoff. Physical, up-tempo, exciting soccer thrilled the crowd at Fred Shults Field for nearly 110 minutes. A Kenyon goal with three seconds remaining in the second period of extra time handed the Yeomen their first loss within the confines of Shults Field and their first belmish in league play. 

The fast-paced matchup of conference titans got off to a quick start with both sides finding a score in the opening 45-minute frame.

Oberlin's second-year keeper Koryn Kraemer was called into action often but did well to keep the Lords scoreless in the early stages. Just 9:30 into the match, the Lords fired two back-to-back shots at Kraemer but he turned away the Kenyon attempts. He faced a barrage of Kenyon shots in the first stanza, en route to nine stops at the half.

The Yeomen got forward early on with a strong counter-attacking effort, which led to Oberlin capturing the breakthrough goal in the 28th. After a hard Kenyon foul down the right flank, the Yeomen were setup with a free kick in great position. 

As the Yeomen flocked into the Kenyon penalty area Oberlin's right back Matthew Bach-Lombardo stepped up to take the set piece. Bach-Lombardo rifled a low attempt into the six-yard box and past Sam Clougher - the Kenyon keeper - who couldn't even get a hand to the ball before it snuck around the post and in.

The goal would go as the only shot on target for the Yeomen in the first frame. After the Oberlin go-ahead goal, the Lords increased the offensive pressure immediately. The Lords fired two more shots in the following minutes that called Kraemer into action, but again the Westfield, New Jersey native kept the Lords out.

Minutes later Kraemer came off of his line to challenge a high-bouncing ball, but the tall netminder couldn't reach the errand attempt. The Lords were primed to score with a look at an empty net, but Bach-Lombardo came to the rescue. The Thetford, Vermont native stood firm on the endline and deflected two consecutive attempts away from goal to keep the lead intact. Unfortunately, the Oberlin advantage wouldn't last much longer.

The Lords capitalized on an equalizer in the 43rd as John Penas knocked in a low, lingering cross from Phillipe Stengel. The Lords fired 17 shots in the first frame, 12 on goal.

Out of the intermission, Kenyon got out of the gate quickly, notching a goal just four minutes in. The Lords' Bret Lowry connected on a header off of a corner kick to send Kenyon ahead.

The two sides traded blows and yellow cards as the match wore on and the Yeomen searched to keep their unbeaten streak alive with an equalizer. In the 74th, they would find it.

As the Crimson and Gold pushed into the final third another brilliant cross from Bach-Lombardo fell to the arm of Kenyon's David Renekov. Resnekov was called on for a hand ball in the box, awarding the Yeomen a penalty kick. Who else to take the penalty attempt but defending NCAC Player of the Week Nick Wertman, who laced home a low shot straight down the middle as Clougher dove off to his left.

After Wertman's late minute heroics from the penalty spot, the two sides entered the first period of extra time deadlocked at 2-2, marking the second consecutive overtime contest for the Yeomen.

The Crimson and Gold struggled to find offensive momentum in the first period of free soccer and Kraemer was challenged only once as the back line held strong. Kraemer's stop pushed the two exhausted sides into a second overtime period, marking the Yeomen's third double overtime tilt of the year.

The Yeomen had a golden opportunity to send the Lords packing when Timothy Williams streaked into the offensive third with the ball on his feet. Williams worked his way into space in front of net but couldn't pull the trigger as a well-timed challenged from a Kenyon defender stopped the threat.

As the game-clock ticked down towards 00:00, the Lords launched one more ball into the Oberlin defensive third. With three-seconds on the clock, the Lords were gifted a corner kick, but received an even greater gift as the head official stopped play to remove a second ball on the field and placed eight seconds back on the clock.

The Lords used the extra seconds to send a cross into the box that Kraemer got a punch to but it only fell as far as the feet of Kenyon's Oliver Wynn who snuck in a low attempt to close Tuesday's double overtime thriller.

Kraemer's 14 save performance against the Lords marks a career-high for the sophomore. 

The Yeomen suffered their first home loss of the year and move to 10-2-1 overall, 2-1-0 in the NCAC.

Oberlin men's soccer will return on Saturday, October 15, when they host the Wittenberg University Tigers. Kickoff from Fred Shults Field is scheduled for 7 p.m., the second half of a women's-men's doubleheader.