Hat Trick Heroics - Golge's big day enables Mustangs to dispatch Waldorf

FOREST CITY, IOWA – National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics' No. 14-ranked Morningside College will go into the 2020-21 Great Plains Athletic Conference Championships riding a three-match win streak.

Head coach Tom Maxon's Mustangs, moving to 13-3-1, concluded their spring regular-season contests Tuesday, March 23. They rallied from an early 1-0 deficit off the foot of junior forward Okan Golge (Cologne, Germany). Golge pulled Mside even in the 40^th minute and then added two more successful offensive strikes to go along with junior midfielder Moritz Lusch (Bielefield, Germany), registering a goal and two assists to guide the Maroon to a 4-2 victory at the Warriors' Bolstorff Field.

Golge's seventh career and third 2020-21 hat trick were fueled by 11 total shots, seven of which were aimed at the Waldorf defense during the 90 minutes. His overall strike compilation set a new personal match-high for the two-time reigning Great Plains Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year. Lusch's two assists marked the fourth time he's produced multiples in a match in his illustrious career.

Morningside opens the GPAC Championships Saturday, April 10, hosting Dakota Wesleyan University in the one-seed/eight-seed match at Elwood Olsen Stadium.