The game's only goal may have come with controversy, but the Nipissing Lakers men's soccer team should have buried a handful, so the win is very deserving.

The Lakers evened up the Riley Gallo Cup and 705 Challenge Cup with a 1-0 victory over the Laurentian Voyageurs Saturday afternoon in Sudbury, thanks to a late penalty kick and a dominant effort.

William Tsilkas made no mistake on a chance from the penalty spot to give the Lakers the full three points.

The goal, however, did come with some controversy.

Forward Nathan Zak had an initial chance, but it was ruled that the Voyageurs goalkeeper left his line early, giving Tsilkas another chance and he made no mistake the second time around.

His second goal of the season came with just seven minutes left in the 90 minutes and gave Nipissing their second win in three games.

Despite the score only being 1-0, the Lakers were dominant for 90 minutes.

They outscored, outchanced, outplayed and certainly outshot Laurentian.

The final shots were 12-1 in favour of Nipissing.

Achuthan Shanmugaratnam picked up his first win of the season, earning the shutout.

Now sitting with a 2-3-0 record, the Lakers return to North Bay.

Nipissing hosts their home opener Saturday against Queens at noon and will wrap up the weekend Sunday versus RMC.

Both games will be played at St. Joseph-Scollard Hall field, with kickoff set for 2:15pm each day.