Duke Hashimoto had a weekend almost as great as his name, but when push came to shove he just couldn't contend with the Penn State men's soccer team's overtime magic.

Hashimoto scored four goals in No. 15 Southern Methodist University's two games on the weekend, but with 10 seconds left in the first overtime in yesterday's match with Penn State, he found the ball on his foot with nothing standing between him and a game winning goal except 10 yards worth of green grass. And the crossbar, which he in turn nailed as time expired.

About 5 minutes later Joe Zewe scored his second goal of the game, and the Nittany Lions ran their unbeaten streak to a national best 11 games.

The 3-2 win, combined with Friday's 3-2 victory against No. 25 Tulsa improved the Lions to 5-0-3 on the season.

Friday, Penn State jumped out to an early lead as midfielder Mike Lindemann scored only 4:43 into the game. Chad Severs added two goals of his own before halftime, and the Lions barely survived a furious second-half rally from Tulsa that included two goals from All-American Ryan Pore.

Yesterday afternoon the Lions twice trailed in the game, the first time the Lions had trailed since Sept. 10 against Georgetown, but proved their resiliency by coming back to win the game.

For the second weekend in a row Penn State's bench put in a fantastic effort, with reserve forwards Yan Carvalho and Zewe combining for all three of Penn State's goals.

Penn State coach Barry Gorman appreciated the effort, but said that the strong play of the bench was not unexpected.

"That's what they have to do," said Gorman. "They gave us valuable minutes today."

SMU's talented front line put the Lions under extreme pressure for much of the second half, but the defense responded with what may have been its best performance of the season.

Gorman praised all the defenders, highlighting Markku Viitanen, Pasi Karppinen, Stephen Rheiner, Anthony Calvano, and David Gray. He also said that the midfield played a large part in a total defensive effort and that Brian Devlin and David Walters, "put in a yeoman's effort."

Freshman goalkeeper Conrad Taylor continued his spectacular play in the net, making seven saves including many that kept Penn State in the game shortly after falling behind 2-1.

Penn State also finished its chances extremely well on the weekend, and for the first time this year, the Lion's offense could be described as opportunistic. All of Penn States three goals yesterday came on only four shots on goal.