Saturday, September 9th, 2006

Virginia Wesleyan Defeats Men's Soccer Team 5-1

After jumping out to a 1-0 lead, the Piedmont College men's soccer team could not hold off tournament host Virginia Wesleyan College, currently ranked #3 in the NSCAA South Region, who came on strong with five unanswered goals to win 5-1. The game was part of first-round action of the VWC Blue Marlin/Adidas Soccer Classic.

The Lions allowed three first-half goals and two insurance goals in the second-half to drop their second straight match.

Drew Griffin provided the lone goal for the Lions scoring in the 4th minute. Despite multiple opportunities PC could not find the back of the net for the final 86 minutes. The Lions best chance came in the second-half but was denied as VWC goalie stopped a penalty-kick from Griffin.

The Lions now stand at 1-2 overall and will return to action again tomorrow, September 10th in the second day of the tournament. Piedmont will square-off against Randolph-Macon College with kick-off set for 12:00.