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Late game heroics, smart defense gets Drake above .500

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After a concerning 1-2 start to the season, Drake Men’s Soccer’s win percentage is over .500 for the first time in 2016.

Getting back to a winning record wasn’t an easy endeavor, as the Bulldogs traveled to face the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers on Sept. 9 in a shootout in front of nearly 2,000 UWM fans for the Panthers’ home opener.

“The biggest thing for that is trying to adjust to that atmosphere,” redshirt senior Eric Williams said. “They had a good crowd, they were loud, people were lining the fence. (We were) just trying to stay focused during the game.