Greenville, S.C. -- Fabien Vorbe headed in a Josh Lietch cross in the 106th minute to give Furman a 4-3 double overtime victory over the Detroit Titans in the opening round of the 2010 Diadora/Spinx Furman Invitational on Friday evening at Stone Stadium.

Lietch, a freshman from Atlanta, Ga., found space on the left side and sent a cross to the far post that Vorbe headed off of the crossbar and straight down into the goal mouth at 105:25 for match winner.

The goal completed Furman's comeback from a two-goal first deficit as the Paladins improved to 2-1-0 on the season.  With the loss, Detroit fell to 0-2-1.

The Titans opened the scoring in the ninth minute as Ya Ya Toure finished at the left post on assists from Ken Simon and Nate Robinson.  Detroit doubled its lead in the 31st minute.  Adam Bedell delivered a ling throw in into the box from in front of the Furman bench that Moustafa Bazzi pushed across the line at the near post.

Furman pulled a goal back less than two minutes later as Danny Hojaij played a pass wide to Vorbe on the left side of the box and the Port-au-Prince, Haiti native laced a 20-yard shot by Titan goalkeeper Martin Robertson from just outside the box for his first goal of the night.

At the 36:26 mark, Caleb Suri was taken down as he attempted to turn the corner on his defender in the right side of the box.  After Simon of Detroit was issued back-to-back yellow cards and sent off, Suri stepped to the penalty spot and fired past Robertson to level the match at 2-2.

Despite being a man down, the Titans regained the lead just three minutes into the second half as Toure worked the ball into the box and played a square ball to Otiento Victor who backheeled a shot past Furman keeper Alec Kann at 48:03.

Michael Gandier notched the equalizer for the Paladins in the 68th minute rising above the Detroit defense to head in a Suri free kick at the right post for his second goal of the season.

Furman held a 27-6 edge in shot attempts on the night but managed just an 8-4 advantage in shots on goal.  There were a total of six cards handed out, including four to Detroit players.

In the opening match of the day, Stetson (2-0-0) and the College of Charleston (0-2-1) played to a 1-1 draw Fredrik Brustad scored in the 65th minute for the Hatters before the Cougars knotted the match on Andy Craven's 78th minute tally.

The tournament concludes on Sunday with Detroit facing Charleston at noon before Furman entertains Stetson at 2:30 p.m.

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