CARY, N.C. – Harrison Bertos scored 1:54 into overtime after Washington blew a two-goal second-half lead, and the Huskies beat North Carolina State 3-2 to win the Men's College Cup at First Horizon Stadium on Monday night.
It was the first national championship for Washington (16-6-2), which became the first team to win six road games in the tournament, beating six seeded teams along the way under coach Jamie Clark. The Huskies won in their second trip to the finals after losing 2-0 to Clemson in 2021.
No. 15 seed NC State (16-3-4) reached the finals for the first time behind coach Marc Hubbard. The Wolfpack was aiming for the school's first national championship since Jim Valvano led the men's basketball team to the title in 1983.
Zach Ramsey scored unassisted with 1:12 left in the first period and Washington took a 1-0 lead into halftime. It was only the second time this season that NC State trailed at halftime.
Ramsey scored into an empty net after Wolfpack goalkeeper Logan Erb couldn't corral the ball at the top of the box. It was Ramsey's second goal of the tournament.
Richie Aman sent a cross into the center of the goal and Joe Dale scored for a 2-0 lead in the 62nd minute.
Donavan Phillip responded in the 66th, scoring off an assist from Nikola Markovic to cut the score to 2-1 with his fourth goal of the tournament. The Wolfpack went up 11-0-1 when Phillip scored.
Taig Healy scored the equalizer with 3:28 left off assists from Justin Mclean and Calem Tommy.
Egor Akulov assisted Bertos' game-winning goal.
Huskies goalie Jadon Bowton, the only player remaining from the 2021 team, made five saves.
Erb saved six shots for NC State, which was the last school to allow a goal this season.
The temperature was 28 degrees when the match between two teams that had never met before began.
