COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – Ursinus College senior midfielder Eric Farris (Pottsgrove, Pa./Pottsgrove) scored his third goal 1:26 into the overtime as the Bears (5-0, 1-0 Centennial) won their Centennial Conference opener with a 8-7 win over Swarthmore (1-3, 0-1 Centennial) Wednesday afternoon.

Farris’ goal, which came in front of the cage, kept Ursinus undefeated with a 5-0 mark. That mark is the best start in the history of the program.

Five other players scored in addition to Farris, with sophomore attack David Kraus (Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand), senior attack Dan Monzo (Collegeville, Pa./Spring-Ford), freshman attack Taylor Allen (Bayport, N.Y./Bayport Bluepoint), sophomore defender Mike Alfieri (Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape) and senior attack Pat Nagle (Stony Brook, N.Y./Ward Melville) all finding the back of the cage.

Farris, Kraus, sophomore midfielder Mike Bloom (West Islip, N.Y./West Islip) and sophomore midfielder Jeff Ocampo (Palm Coast, Fla./Mantanzas) each had an assist.

For Swarthmore, sophomore midfielder Max Hubbard had a game-high four goals, while senior attack Tyler Bradshaw had two.

Hubbard’s fourth goal of the game with 6:10 left in the fourth gave Swarthmore at 7-6 lead. Ursinus then forced the overtime on a goal by Kraus with 4:57 left, on an assist by Ocampo.

Trailing 2-1 to start the second quarter, Ursinus went on a three-goal run to take its largest lead of the game at 4-2 on a goal by Farris with 10:55 left. Swarthmore responded with a two-goal run as Hubbard scored with eight minutes left on an assist from sophomore midfielder John Bukawyn, followed by a goal from freshman midfielder Wes Marcik with 2:49 left.

Each team traded goals in the third period, before Ursinus took a 6-5 lead heading into the final period on a goal by Monzo off of a Farris assist with 11 seconds left.

Junior long stick midfielder Ernie Constantine (Bethpage, N.Y./St. Dominic) had six groundballs on the day for Ursinus.

In goal, freshman T.J. Magnani (Bear, Del./St. Mark’s) had eight saves, while senior goalkeeper Kevin Friedenberg had ten for the Garnet.

Ursinus travels to Franklin & Marshall on Saturday.