EVANSVILLE, Ind.–  The Drury Panthers were less than eight minutes away from starting the Great Lakes Valley Conference season with a 1-0 record, but Southern Indiana's Eric Ramirez scored two late goals to rally the Screaming Eagles to a 2-1 win on Friday at Strassweg Field in Evansville, Indiana.
 
Drury dropped to 0-4-1 and 0-1 to start league play. Southern Indiana improved to 3-1 and 1-0 in the conference.
 
The Panthers took the lead midway through the first half when freshman Jamie O'Brien scored with an assist from Ian Conger. The goal was the first of the season for the native of Darlington, England.
 
Drury clung to their lead through most of the second half, but Southern Indiana evened the match in the 83rd minute when Eric Ramirez gained control of a shot that bounced off Panthers goalkeeper Nic Helin, then Ramirez got past the keeper and fired home the rebound.
 
Five minutes later, Ramirez scored again when he got past Drury's defense and flipped a shot over Helin to give the Screaming Eagles their first lead of the game with 2:33 remaining.
 
Helin had seven saves in the game as Southern Indiana outshot the Panthers 21-7 with the Screaming Eagles racking up 13 shots in the second half. 
 
Drury continues their road trip with a game on Sunday at the University of Missouri-St. Louis starting a 2:30 p.m.
 
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