Boxscore
WEST CHESTER, Pa. – After managing little offense the day before, the Goldey Beacom men's soccer team lit up the playing field with eight goals as the Lightning stormed past Washington Adventist University, 8-3 on Sunday afternoon in their second game of the West Chester Tournament.
The eight goals was the highest Lightning scoring output since Nov. 4, 2003 when GBC defeated Dominican, also by a score of 8-3.
Three different Lightning players tallied two goals and an assist on the afternoon: sophomore midfielder Kwame Appiah, senior midfielder Mike Bather and junior forward Erlin Rodezno. Senior Angel Rodriguez and sophomore Robert Cann each added a goal apiece as well.
Junior goalkeeper Andrew Cairns played the full 90 minutes in goal, making five saves and allowing three goals to preserve the win.
Washington Adventist (formerly Columbia Union), which fell to 0-1 on the season, jumped on the board first as Brima Konneh scored an unassisted goal near the 17-minute mark of the first half. Cann answered with a goal for GBC nearly four minutes later, and the two teams went into intermission tied 1-1.
Cann's goal was the first of eight unanswered Lightning goals as GBC held WAU scoreless until the 70th minute of play. In a span of 17:19 during the second half, the Lightning struck seven times.
Se-eun Park stopped the bleeding for WAU at 70:08 with an unassisted goal. He would score again eight minutes later off an assist from Kouame Kreme to make the final score, 8-3.
GBC took 21 shots to WAU's 16 and also held the edge in corner kicks, 6-3.
The Lightning will be in action again Thurs., Sept. 3 as they go on the road to again take on Washington Adventist at WAU's home site.
