Coker & Lees-McRae Men's Soccer Fall in NCAA Regional First Round Games
Coker & Lees-McRae Men's Soccer Fall in NCAA Regional First Round Games
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Coker's Season Comes to an End with 2-1 Loss to
Mars Hill
Boxscore
HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The #4 seed Lions of Mars Hill College
upset the top seeded Cobras of Coker College by a score of 2-1 in
the First Round of the NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Tournament on
Friday night.
Mars Hill opened the game with a dominating first half scoring
the first goal of the game just six minutes in. Alex Mullen found
the back of the net with a header off a corner from Gregg Munn. The
Lions made it 2-0 just before the end of the half with a long cross
from Troy Chavez that was headed over Coker's keeper by Stephen
Bivens.
The Cobras turned up the pressure in the second half,
outshooting the Lions 14-2, but they could not find the back of the
net until the 82nd minute when Fernando
Bedoya (Miami, Fla.) put home a one-timer from Stephen
Scrivens (Tampa, Fla.) to cut the lead to just one.
Coker continued to put heavy pressure on the Mars Hill defense
for the remainder of the game, but the Lions were able to hold on
for the win.
The Lions improve to 13-5-1 and advance to face the #2 seed
Flagler College in the Second Round of the tournament on Sunday at
1:00 p.m. at Coker's field.
The Cobras finish out their year ranked No. 5 nationally with a
record of 18-3 overall.
No. 10 Saints edge Bobcats, 2-1, in extra time
November 11, 2011
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. --- The No. 10 Flagler College
men’s soccer team scored 16 seconds into the second extra
time period on Friday evening to record a 2-1 victory over
Lees-McRae College in the first round of the NCAA Division II
men’s soccer championship.
Flagler (16-3-2) outshot Lees-McRae (16-6-1) by a 16-10 margin,
including an 11-3 advantage in the first half, while holding a 9-6
edge in corner kicks. Marco Padilla and Brandon Langengerg each
tallied a goal for the Saints, while Will Frandsen added an assist.
James
Smith (Eastbourne, England) tallied the lone goal for the
Bobcats, as sophomore Thomas
Rusling (Sheffield, England) made seven saves between the
pipes. Camp Bissell tallied three stops for Flagler.
The match remained scoreless until midway through the 44th
minute, while Langenberg found the back of the net from close range
to send the Saints into the interval with a narrow 1-0 lead. Smith
put the Bobcats back on level pegging in the 54th minute, finding
the back of the net with a free kick from 25 yards distance to even
the tally at 1-1 with his sixth goal of the season.
Each goalkeeper was asked to make several tremendous saves
throughout the remainder of regulation, as both net minders
recorded a trio of stops to send the match into extra time. Neither
team would find the breakthrough in the first extra time period,
sending the match into the second 10-minute phase when Flagler
struck quickly, scoring the match-winner just 16 seconds in when
Frandsen found Padilla for the deciding finish from close
range.
Lees-McRae is expected to return 17 letter-winners from this
year’s Conference Carolinas Western Division Champion squad,
including all-conference selections Smith, Rusling, and James
Galvani (High Wycombe, England).
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