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ASHLAND, Ohio -- Andy Held has certainly found a knack for being in the right place at the right time.
The sophomore forward has scored three times this season -- all on head balls -- with the latest coming Sunday afternoon with only 1:11 to play in regulation time to give the Miners a 2-1 comeback victory over Ashland.
Held's goal gave the Miners a victory in a game that they dominated, but it wasn't until the second half before it started to show up on the scoreboard. Ashland grabbed the early lead when Aaron Favri deflected in a shot in the third minute of the contest to give the Eagles a lead that would hold up into the second half.
UMR, who outshot Ashland by a 31-12 margin -- 14 of the shots were on goal -- got the game tied when Nick Landon took a feed from Alvaro Lopez and put a low shot past AU goalkeeper Blaine Lishewski at the 59:56 mark.
It remained tied until the Miners got the game-winning tally, as Brad Hippisley put a feed in front that Held got to and headed by Lishewski to win the game and even the team's record at 3-3 as it heads back into Great Lakes Valley Conference play next week.
UMR, who won its GLVC opener last weekend over Quincy, will play its first league contest on the road Friday when it faces Northern Kentucky at 5 p.m. (Eastern time) in Wilder, Ky.
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