Greensboro College - Men's Soccer Defeats Ferrum, 2-1

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Men's Soccer Defeats Ferrum, 2-1

Deng Abiel

Pride Sports Info.

10/28/2009 6:38:51 AM

Greensboro, NC -- Greensboro College defeated Ferrum College, 2-1, in a men's soccer match played at the Smith Turf Fields on Wednesday. Freshman Richard Page (Winston-Salem, NC/R.J. Reynolds) and Deng Abiel (Darfur, Sudan/Hoover, San Diego Ca.) scored for GC (4-9-2, 2-3 USA South). Box score

The Pride dominated play early took the lead in the 21st minute. Andrew Clark (Ottawa, Ont/Ashbury College) beat his defender which forced a Ferum to commit a foul inside the box. Page then coverted the penalty kick.

GC held a 1-0 at halftime. The Pride out shot the Panthers 27-3 and 19-1 in the first half.

In the 49th minute, Clark played a ball through to Abiel. He sped past the FC defense and his shot beat goalkeeper James Flynn. Flynn had 12 saves on the day.

Ferrum scored on a GC own goal in the 81st minute. On the play, Thomas Robinson took a free kick from 45 yards that The Pride's Christian Johannesson (Gothenburg, Sweden/South Kent School (Conn.)) inadvertently deflected into the GC goal.

Thereafter, Ferrum (2-12-1, 0-5) earned two of its four kicks and had two shots. GC and goalkeeper Chad Adams (Yadkinville, NC/Forbush), however, held on for the 2-1 victory. Adams had two saves in the contest and improved to 4-3-1 in goal.

Greensboro took 10 corner kicks in the match.

The Pride closes USA South regular season play on Saturday at NC Wesleyan.