College of Charleston
Lehigh
CofC Men?s Soccer Suffers First Loss of Season at Lehigh, 3-2
9/19/2009 1:45:00 AM | Men's Soccer
BETHLEHEM, PA. --- The College of Charleston men's soccer team suffered its first loss of the 2009 season on Friday night, as they fell to Lehigh 3-2 on Friday night at Ulrich Athletic Complex in Bethlehem, Pa.
With the loss, the Cougars fell to 5-1 on the year, while Lehigh improved to 3-2-1 with the victory. Charleston returns to the pitch on Sunday, Sept. 20 when they visit Bucknell beginning at 1 p.m.
In the first half, Lehigh's Joe Peulo got the Mountain Hawks on the board first with a goal at the 20 minute mark.
Charleston countered with a score of their own in the 34th minute, as Francis Twohig (St. Simons Island, Ga.) scored from 25 yards out to knot the score at one. The Mountain Hawks, however, took a 2-1 lead into the half, as Zachary Gould scored his first goal of the year in the 39th minute.
In the second half, Lehigh extended their lead to 3-1 when Austin Decker scored in the 55th minute. The Cougars made one more rally at the lead in the 73rd minute, as Matt Morris (Anderson, S.C.) scored his second goal of the season off a Ralph Lundy, III (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) set piece to make it 3-2. This was, however, the closest the Cougars got to the Lehigh lead, as the Mountain Hawks hung on over the final minutes to take the match.
Overall, both the Cougars and the Mountain Hawks took 11 shots on the night and each had two corner kicks.
