Men’s soccer tops Brevard 3-0; women roll over Toccoa Falls 8-0
Posted by The Skyliner on October 28th, 2009Paul Conner
Sports Editor
Juan Carlos Aguilera netted two goals and Jonathan Restrepo added another as the men’s soccer team defeated Brevard 3-0 on a sun-soaked Saturday afternoon at Pepsi Stadium. North Greenville (6-6-1) rebounded from a sloppy first half and outshot the Tornados 18-9 overall.
“I was a little disappointed with the way we played in the first half, but we came out in the second half and played with more intensity,” Crusader coach Chad Gfeller said.
“For a lot of the guys, it was a game where their touch wasn’t great and they were behind the speed of play, but overall we did a good job of executing and doing what we needed to win.”
Aguilera, senior economics, put the Crusaders on the board nine minutes into the match on an assist from Seth Snyder, senior business. North Greenville gave the ball away often and was unable to establish a rhythm in the remaining 35 minutes of the half.
Two minutes into the second period, Jonathan Restrepo, junior international business, scored on a corner by Chandler Patterson, sophomore media ministry. The Crusaders controlled the ball much better in the second half and continued to create opportunities until Aguilera scored his second goal of the match in the final minute.
“When we switched the point of attack and moved the ball laterally, things started to turn around,” Gfeller said. “Matt Sekuras came in and had a good effect on the game and got everyone a little more relaxed.”
North Greenville recovered from a 2-1 overtime loss at Erskine last Wednesday and has two games left in the season. The Crusaders will host Virginia Intermont Saturday at 4 p.m.
Eight different players scored for the women’s team as the Lady Crusaders topped Toccoa Falls 8-0 last Thursday night. The win was the second-largest margin of victory and their sixth shutout of the season.
“It was good to have a team effort and to have a lot of different players involved in the attack,” North Greenville coach Jesse McCormick said.
“We were able to move the ball around the field, and they got a little tired trying to chase the game, so our possession helped us a lot.”
Kaleigh Meara, senior sport management; Leah Ward, junior sport management; and Danielle Duff, senior sport management, each netted goals for North Greenville (9-4), which led 3-0 at halftime.
“I was really happy with the hard work of Leah Ward and Kaleigh Meara in particular,” McCormick said. “They were helping out and creating opportunities for us around the goal.”
Lauren Norris, sophomore early childhood education, Hayley Williams, junior linguistics and early childhood education, Catherine Neely, freshman health promotion and wellness, Jade Salle, freshman undecided, and Sarah McCorkle,
sophomore undecided, also scored for North Greenville.
The Lady Crusaders will play three of their final four matches at home and will face Montreat at 7 p.m. on Saturday. McCormick added a matchup with King College to the schedule. King competes in the Mid-East region of NCCAA and will be a quality opponent leading up to the regional tournament Nov. 20-21 at Emmanuel College in Boston.
Tags: Fall 2009, Vol. 109 - Issue 7