Freshman Chris Richards converted a penalty kick 52 seconds into overtime to give the Muhlenberg men's soccer team a 4-3 comeback win at DeSales.

The Mules (5-0-1), who moved up from sixth to fifth in this week's United Soccer Coaches Mid-Atlantic regional rankings, are undefeated through six games for the first time since 2014. The last Muhlenberg team that was undefeated through six games with four of them coming on the road was the 1995 squad that reached the NCAA "Final Four."

To keep their zero in the loss column, the Mules had to overcome two goals in the first 12:35 by the Bulldogs (3-4). They cut the gap in half when senior Kevin Hagan knocked in a centering pass by sophomore Stephen Carton for his 10th career goal in the 19th minute.

Muhlenberg took the 2-1 deficit into halftime but fell behind by two again when DeSales scored just 1:38 into the second half. Senior Zach Cimring got the Mules back to within one when he scored off a pass from Hagan for his third career goal, with 34:58 on the clock.

The Mules put tremendous pressure for the equalizer, taking 14 second-half shots, and it finally paid off when Carton (pictured above) rocketed a shot past the Bulldog goalie with just 6:58 remaining.

Overtime didn't last long. Richards was fouled while making a run through the box and scored his second PK goal of the season.

The game marked just the second time since 2001 that Muhlenberg overcame a two-goal deficit in the second half to win. The other was a memorable 2014 home game in which the Mules scored three times in the final 17:06 to stun Haverford, 4-3.

It also was the shortest overtime win ever by the Mules; their previous earliest Golden Goal came 81 seconds in against Franklin & Marshall in the 2004 Centennial Conference playoffs. And Richards became just the second Muhlenberg player to end an overtime game with a penalty kick.

Richards, the reigning CC player of the week, now has 17 points on the season, which ties for the most by a Mule freshman since 1992.