MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Spalding University men's soccer team score three first half goals to shutout of LaGrange College, 3-0, Saturday afternoon in Montgomery, Alabama. The win moves the Golden Eagles to 1-1 on the season.
THE BASICSFINAL SCORE: Spalding def. LaGrange 3-0
LOCATION: Huntingdon College, Montgomery, Ala.
RECORD: Spalding 1-1, LaGrange 0-2
THE STARTERSSPALDING: 1 –
Logan Spencer, 2 –
Jacob Holehan, 3 –
Dylin Albright, 9 –
Abdullahi Abdullahi, 10 – Julio DeLeon
, 11 –
Sergio Olvera-Vancini, 12 –
Austin Lanham, 15 –
Jordan Bounds, 16 –
Jacob Kirby, 17 –
Cheikh Gueye, 21 –
Zach FondaLAGRANGE: 1 – AJ Wilson, 7 – Joshua Rhodes, 8 – Brandon Burcell, 9 – Daniel Provence, 10 – Raymond Haas, 13 – Qua Tucker, 14 – Diego Torres, 16 – Dale Cook, 17 – Brian Richardson, 20 – Connor Liney, 21 – Matthew Martin
HOW IT HAPPENED- The Golden Eagles controlled possession in the first half tallying three goals in the first 38 minutes.
- In the 8th minute,
Jacob Holehan slotted the first goal finding the back of the net from about 35 yards out off an assist by Julio DeLeon.
- Spalding extended their lead to 2-0 in the 32nd minute when
Dylin Albright found
Tenko Kono who fired a shot past the LaGrange keeper.
- The Eagles final goal came in the 38th minute when Kono found the back of the net for the second time off an assist by
Colton Farmer.
KEY STATS- Spalding outshot the 20-8 and 9-1 in shots on goal.
-
Tenko Kono tallied his first multi-goal game as a Golden Eagle.
- With today's assist, Julio DeLeon now has 32 career assists.
UP NEXTThe Golden Eagles will be back in action tomorrow facing host Huntingdon at 4:00 p.m. EST.