Wingate University junior attack Dominic Piazza scored the game-winner with 12 seconds left in overtime to give the number 18 Bulldogs a 13-12 NCAA Division II men's lacrosse victory over Florida Southern College at Graham Gill Field Wednesday night. Piazza scored a career-high six goals as the Bulldogs improve to 4-1 overall. The FSC Moccasins are 2-2 overall. THOUGHTS FROM HEAD COACH TIM BOYLE "This was a very tough game tonight. Florida Southern is a very strong, fast and well-coached team. We are proud of our guys for battling through and never giving up when they went on a five-goal run (in the third quarter). We took control back and then they tied the game up late…we kept battling. We have a short turn around now and have to get ready for a tough conference opponent in Lenoir-Rhyne on Saturday." KEY STATS -Wingate earns its third straight 2019 triumph over a Sunshine State Conference school -The Bulldogs have OT victories over both Rollins and Florida Southern this year -Wingate outshot FSC 46-39 with a slight 26-24 edge in shots on goal -The Bulldogs had 54 ground balls, compared to 46 for the Mocs -Florida Southern won 18-of-29 face-offs -The Bulldogs held the Mocs to only one extra-man goal (in four tries) -Wingate leads the series between the two schools 6-4 KEY BULLDOGS -Bobby Padden had two goals with a career-best five assists for a team-high seven points -Goalie Alex Cordero had 12 saves and a team-high eight ground balls -Cordero had two huge saves in the overtime frame -Conor Gronbach had two goals and one assist -Reese Orman had a game-high four caused turnovers -Orman won three face-offs in the second half as well FIRST PERIOD -Florida Southern led 3-2 after the first 15 minutes -Gronbach and Piazza scored back-to-back goals to give Wingate a 2-1 lead at the 5:40 mark -Goals by Sean Nolan (4:03) and Justin Dunleavy (0:32) gave the Mocs the advantage -Dunleavy's goal was his first of the season SECOND PERIOD -Piazza scored three of Wingate's four goals as Wingate took a 6-5 lead to the halftime break -Padden assisted on two of the scores -Gronbach had the other goal for Wingate THIRD PERIOD -Florida Southern scored five unanswered goals to take an 11-8 lead on Nolan's fifth (and final) goal of the contest at the 2:58 mark -Nolan's five goals Wednesday night give him 16 for the season -Ryan Ormerod (1:09) and Joe Cooper (0:03) started the WU rally as the quarter ended with the Mocs up 11-10 FOURTH PERIOD -Matt Calleri scored his first career goal at 7:48 and Padden added another score eight seconds later to give the 'Dogs the lead -Dalton Simpson tied the game for FSC with 37 seconds left -The Mocs win the ensuing face-off but turned the ball over -The Bulldogs responded with a turnover, giving the visitors another chance -Florida Southern's Nick Gutmann took a potential game-winning shot with four seconds left -Cordero saved the missile and picked up the ground ball to send the game to OT OVERTIME -Cordero had two saves in overtime, one at 1:20 and another at 1:03 -After a FSC time-out, the Mocs hit the post on their final shot of overtime -Padden took a shot, picked up the ground ball and fed Piazza for the game-winner -Both teams took four shots in OT -Both teams hit the post once each UP NEXT -Wingate starts South Atlantic Conference play Saturday, visiting Lenoir-Rhyne at 1 p.m. -Florida Southern visits number 15 Mount Olive Saturday at 12 noon to conclude its N.C. swing