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DALLAS (SMU) -- Mustangs' fans waited 13 years for a top-10 regular season match at Westcott Field and Sunday night's match between No. 4/2 SMU and No. 11/9 UCF didn't disappoint. SMU erased a two-goal deficit twice and clawed their way back into the match, equalizing in the 84th minute to earn a 3-3 draw with UCF and remain undefeated this season. 

The first half was a back-and-forth affair between the two sides, with the Mustangs getting a few chances but coming up empty handed. SMU (9-0-1, 1-0-1) goalkeeper Grant Makela had an answer for shot after shot in the first half before conceding the first score of the game in the 47th minute off a header in the box. 

Down 1-0 and their undefeated start on the line, the Mustangs pushed forward to try and find an equalizer. In 61st minute, UCF (7-1-2, 1-0-1) had a quick counterstrike and scored to put the Knights up 2-0. But with less than half an hour left on the clock, the Mustang offense that has scored 31 times this year came to life.

Facing a two-goal deficit the 67th minute, the Mustangs won a corner kick. Gabriel Costa stepped in to take the corner and played it short to Nicky Hernandez, who then fed a perfect pass to Henrik Bredeli, who rocketed a shot past the keeper to pull the Mustangs within one. The goal was the Tranby, Norway, native's first goal of his collegiate career. 

Despite having the momentum, the Mustangs would concede another goal a few minutes later when a fantastic Grant Makela save deflected right back to a UCF striker who scored, putting the No. 11/9 Knights up 3-1 in the 70th minute. 

With their backs against the wall, SMU poured its players into the attacking third, and struck again in the 71st minute when Nick Taylor played the ball on net and Garrett McLaughlin snuck a foot onto the ball, scoring and bringing the Mustangs back to within one. It was McLaughlin's ninth goal of the season and the 30th of his career. 

As time wound down in the highly anticipated match, the Mustangs searched for an equalizer. That moment came in the 84th minute when the reigning American Athletic Conference offensive player of the week, Gabriel Costa, dribbled through three UCF defenders in the box and was pushed down, earning a penalty kick.

Costa sent his penalty kick toward 2018 AAC Goalkeeper of the Year Yannik Oettl, who guessed right but couldn't stop Costa's shot. The ball found its way to the back of the net and after six goals and erasing a two-goal deficit twice, the Mustangs had finally equalized with the Knights. 

90 minutes wasn't enough to separate the two sides, so the match moved into a golden goal OT period. With the wind at their back in the first OT, the Mustangs best chance came early in the period when Eddie Munjoma crossed a ball into the box with a pair of Mustangs waiting for the service, but the pass was cleared. Neither team would get another great chance on goal in either OT period and after 120 minutes, the two teams both earned a point after a 3-3 draw. 

The Mustangs are back in action on Saturday night in Tampa when they go to USF for a conference match.