Saleem Diakite had two prime opportunities to score in the final minutes of Muhlenberg's match with Gettysburg and cashed in on both of them, tallying a pair of breakaway goals in the final 10 minutes to defeat the visiting Bullets 4-2.

Eric Armijos had a big hand in Diakite's first tally. Diakite tapped the ball to Armijos around midfield, and the junior tapped it right back, leading him perfectly towards the goal despite being taken out by a defender in the middle of the act. The sophomore was then in the clear. He took a few dribbles before ripping a right-footed shot past the goaltender for the decisive score. 

Diakite's second breakaway tally was courtesy of his own hustle and another perfectly placed pass, this time by Danny Patruno. The Bullets' goalie had pressed up in the final minute and joined the attack on a corner kick in an effort to tie the game. After an unsuccessful Gettysburg offensive possession, that left him nearly 80 yards out of position. The ball bounced to Patruno, who led Diakite with a 40-yard pass that was just out of the reach of the scrambling Bullet defender. Diakite took one touch to clear that defender and was left one-on-one with the goalie once more; the goalie got a hand on Diakite's subsequent right-footed strike, but it wasn't enough, as the ball rolled into the net for the sealing score.  Patruno's assist was the first point of his career and the goal secured Diakite the first multi-score game of his collegiate tenure.

That was just the final note in an intense and entertaining composition that included six goals, six yellow cards, and a penalty kick. The Mules were the first to get on the board courtesy of a Trevor Mikuta goal in the 33rd minute. That was a pretty tic-tac-toe play in which Mack Metcalf drove a corner kick to Sim Dorsey on the far side of the goal. Dorsey then passed it to Mikuta, who kicked it into the net for his first goal of the season and a 1-0 advantage. That assist was Metcalf's first career point and the first point of the season for Dorsey.

Muhlenberg fans wouldn't have to wait long for their team to strike once more, as six minutes later Armijos found the back of the net courtesy of a flawless lead pass by Gabe Blikshteyn. That was Blikshteyn's first assist of 2025 and Armijo's first goal of the season as well.

The Bullets answered right back off of a chaotic corner kick in which the ball glanced off a Gettysburg player and into the net. From there, the physicality increased until a Bullet was upended in their offensive 18 resulting in a penalty try. Gettysburg converted that to knot the score at two, setting the stage for Diakite's heroics.

This was the second conference match of the year for the Mules after defeating Franklin & Marshall 2-1 last Saturday. The win moves their record to 5-0-4, which marks the first time since 2014 that they have remained undefeated through the season's first nine games; that year, Muhlenberg started 7-0-2 and finished the campaign with a trip to the NCAA tournament's "Sweet 16".