Junior Emanuele Sordi scored the game-winning goal for the No. 23-ranked Georgia Gwinnett College men's soccer team's second straight match. On Saturday night the deciding tally came in the 85th minute for a 3-2 victory Saturday evening at Bryan College in Dayton, Tennessee.

Sordi's goal came after Bryan (0-2-0) scored in the 78th and 82nd minutes from Stephan Moreira to counter a 2-0 deficit to GGC.

Senior Karim Tmimi found the back of the net in the 30th minute and senior Juan Cruz Parisi Sitjar added a goal in the 67th minute with a header following a crossing pass from sophomore James Forster. This was the first goal of the season for both players.

Bryan got a goal back from Moreira in the 78th minute to cut GGC's lead in half. He then found the back of the net for the game-tying goal four minutes later.

However, the Grizzlies (2-0-0) regained the match's momentum on Sordi's unassisted goal with less than six minutes left in regulation. He paced the Grizzlies' nine-shot offensive attack by registering four shots while Tmimi collected two shots. Five of GGC's nine shots were on goal.

Sordi scored twice in Wednesday's 3-1 victory at Reinhardt University (Georgia).

Freshman goalkeeper Andreas von Muecke made four saves in winning his collegiate debut.
  "It was a good response after allowing the two goals to tie the match. We were looking to get the ball forward and Emanuele (Sordi) won the ball from a defender. He then slid the ball around the goalkeeper and into the goal's side netting. That play showed some grit and drive. We are continuing to learn about ourselves in the early part of the season. It will take lessons learned from this week to prepare for a quality Milligan team on Tuesday," said Head Coach Steve DeCou.
                With the match tied at 2-2, 6-foot-2 forward Emanuele Sordi scored a dramatic go-ahead goal with less than six minutes remaining in regulation. He won the ball from a Bryan defender and eventually slid the shot past the opposing goalkeeper and into the side netting. It was his second game-winning goal of the season and third tally for the 2022 season.
  30' – Karim Tmimi, GGC (Juan Cruz Parisi Sitjar)
67' – Juan Cruz Parisi Sitjar, GGC (James Forster)
78' – Stephan Moreira, BC (Josh Thomas)
82' – Stephan Moreira, BC (unassisted)
85' – Emanuele Sordi, GGC (Aleksandar Rajkovic, Odin Solheim)
 

• The Grizzlies outshot Bryan by a 9-7 margin
• The Lions held a 6-5 edge in shots on goal during the 90 minutes of action
• Junior Emanuele Sordi attempted four shots for GGC
• GGC had eight corner kicks in Saturday's match

• GGC improves to 2-0-0 in 2022, while Bryan drops to 0-2-0 this fall
• Georgia Gwinnett College was ranked No. 23 in the NAIA Preseason Top 25 Poll
• Saturday's victory by the Grizzlies evened the series history at 2-2-2
• GGC has already matched its road win total from last season

Georgia Gwinnett College is scheduled to host No. 20 Milligan University (Tennessee) in the home opener on Tuesday, August 30, from the Grizzly Soccer Complex, starting at 7 p.m.