Box Score The Nipissing Lakers men's soccer team shocked the OUA Saturday night.

The Lakers not only upended the division's top team, the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks, but they did so down a player after a red card in the 82nd minute, they did so by scoring with less than two minutes left in regulation and they did so in penalty kicks.

All that adds up to a big upset that sends the Lakers to the OUA semi-finals Wednesday.

Nipissing will face the McMaster Marauders in Hamilton Wednesday night, with the winner advancing to the OUA championship game, as well as the USports National tournament in Kamloops, BC, hosted by the Thompson Rivers Wolfpack.

It wasn't the start the Lakers were looking for Saturday, as they fell behind less than 30 minutes into the contest.

The league's top scorer made no mistake on a penalty kick, putting Ontario Tech up 1-0.

The score remained that way until the 88-minute mark when outstanding rookie Justin Gomes tied the game.

The goal also came with the Lakers down to 10 players as they were handed a red card just six minutes prior to the game-tying goal.

Through 30 minutes of extra time, neither team was able to find the winning goal and the game went to penalty kicks to decide to advances to the semi-finals.

The teams found themselves tied 1-1 after two shooters, alternating goals and misses.

After Ontario Tech's initial goal, Gabe Pastore came up big, not allowing a goal on three straight shots, while the Lakers managed a goal in that time and grabbed the lead.

After the teams traded goals and the score was 2-2, Cedric Devos stepped up to the spot and made no mistake sending Nipissing through.

The win keeps the Lakers playoff run alive and now sets up a league semi-final against McMaster Wednesday night at 7pm in Hamilton.