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Patience paid off for Creighton’s attack in double-overtime win over Grand Canyon

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After waiting for just over 195 minutes, and flirting with some historical achievements that they would not want to be remembered for, the 14th-ranked Creighton men’s soccer team final found the back of the net on Sunday night to beat Grand Canyon, 1-0, in double overtime.

The Bluejays were held scoreless in Friday night’s 2-0 loss to No. 17 Virginia Tech, suffering defeat in their home opener for the first time since 1995, and were a little less than five minutes away from being held scoreless in a second straight match to begin a season for the first time in program history before senior forward Marios Lomis flipped the script on its “head.