BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell twice rallied from one-goal deficits to earn a 2-2 draw with Lipscomb in double overtime Thursday night in its Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer opener.

Freshmen Justin Smith from Cary, N.C. (Green Hope High School) and Ben Iiames of Raleigh, N.C. (Broughton High School) scored their first career goals as the Camels (1-6-1, 0-0-1) ended a four-match losing streak. 

Lipscomb went in front on a 17th minute goal from A-Sun pre-season player of the year Miguel DaSilva and an 82nd minute strike by Alexander Faulk, only to see Campbell come from behind twice.

"I'm proud of the resolve we showed," said Campbell head coach Doug Hess.  "We still need to be better.  We can't concede two goals and still have an expectation of finishing on top in a game."

Campbell threatened early when Pat Danford's fourth-minute shot in the box was blocked from point-blank range and again about two minutes later when a Bisons defender cleared Vince Petrasso's toe poke off the line.

Lipscomb jumped in front just 16:12 into the match when DaSilva broke in on Camel keeper Ryan Amons and scored his second goal of the season.

Smith equalized on a header off Jason Keever's corner kick at 37:21 to bring the Camels level at the half.

The Bisons (3-5-2, 0-0-1) appeared to clinch three points when Alexander Faulk scored off Deve Bahadoorsingh's corner with 8:59 remaining to play.

However, following one of Lipscomb's 26 fouls on the night (the Camels were whistled for 28), Mitchell Cardenas served the ball into the left side of the box to Iiames, who struck a low shot that found the far right corner of the net at the 86:32 mark.

Campbell nearly took the lead shortly thereafter when Cardenas whipped an in-swinging corner kick that rattled the near post.

In extra time, Danford hit a shot that Lipscomb keeper Brent McGee had to parry by the post.

The two-game trip to Nashville, Tenn., concludes Saturday in a 4:00 p.m. (CDT) kick-off at Belmont.  The Bruins dropped a 5-1 decision to Mercer Thursday night in their league opener.

Since the start of the 2005 season, Campbell owns a 25-4-5 record in A-Sun regular season matches, best among current league members.  The Camels won the 2005 and 2008 A-Sun regular season titles and claimed the league's tournament title in 2007.

Campbell leads the all-time series with the Bisons by a 6-1-0 margin.  Last year, the Camels rallied from a two-goal deficit with less than 30 minutes to play.