Saturday, October 7th, 2006

Maryville Slides Past Men's Soccer Team 1-0

In a closely contested match the Scots of Maryville College were able to find the back of the net at the 78th minute and defeated the Piedmont College men's soccer team 1-0 at PC's Walker Field. Both teams offenses were trading shots on goal back and forth but it was MC who found the net with 12 minutes to go in regulation.

The loss moves Piedmont to 5-7 overall and 2-2 in the Great South while Maryville improves to 8-3 overall and 4-0 in conference play. The Lions will return to action again on Monday at Walker Field as they host visiting non-conference NAIA opponent Faulkner University starting at 7:00.

Despite outshooting Maryville 8-5 and recording 10 corner kicks compared to their opponents four, the Lions could not find the much needed goal. Maryville's Joel Adams scored on a cross from Jason Bowman and sealed the victory.

Patrick Ratigan was impressive between the posts recording four crucial saves. Drew Griffin had three shots on goal to lead him teammates and with less than a minute to go senior George Sandi struck a solid shot from outside the box but it was gatherd up by Jared Cooper as time ran out on the match.