GORHAM, Maine -- Freshman forward Mazen Aljari (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) headed home the only goal of the match in the 95th minute to give the University of Southern Maine Huskies a 1-0, sudden-death overtime victory over the University of Maine Farmington Beavers Wednesday afternoon in a non-conference game played at Hannaford Field.

            The victory snapped a four-match losing streak for the Huskies, and improved their record to 3-10-0 overall.  The Beavers fall to 6-6-0 overall.

            In the extra session, the Huskies swung the ball across the field, right to left, to sophomore Justin Lavertue (Rochester, N.H.).  Lavertue played a chip into the middle of the penalty area where Aljari got his head on the ball to knock it over UMF sophomore goalkeeper Tennessee Peters (Scarborough, Maine) from about eight yards out for the winning tally.  The goal was the third of the season for Aljari.  Aljari has had the game-winning goal in all three USM wins this season.

            Rookie USM goalkeeper Alex Charette (Fort Kent, Maine) earned the first clean sheet of his collegiate career making two saves.  Peters finished the match registering five saves.

            Southern Maine had a 10-7 advantage in shots, including the only two shots in the overtime, while UMF held a slim 4-3 edge in corner kicks.

            USM travels to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on Saturday (2:00 p.m.) for a Little East Conference match. UMF is off until next Wednesday (7:00 p.m.) when it travels to Husson University for a North Atlantic Conference match.

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