MURFREESBORO, NC (September 3, 2003)—Hampden-Sydney's soccer team improved its season mark to 3-0 with a 6-2 victory over Chowan College on Wednesday afternoon. Senior Pat Whitehead (Williamsburg, VA/Walsingham Academy) led the Tiger barrage with two goals as H-SC out-shot Chowan, 45-7.
Chowan scored bookend goals to the six Hampden-Sydney scored as the Braves got on the scoreboard early with a goal in the ninth minute from Gabriel Cintron, then finished the scoring with a goal in the 87th minute by David Sheehan.
In between, Hampden-Sydney's offense was impressive, firing off a season-high 45 shots en route to the overwhelming victory. Whitehead started the scoring in the 40th minute of action, taking assists from Chris Moxley (Virginia Beach, VA/Cox) and Brian Goeckerman (Raleigh, NC/Wake-Forest Rolesville). Freshman Greg Smith (Warrenton, VA/Faquier) netted his first collegiate strike minutes later, with assists coming from fellow freshmen Will Robbins (Ridgeland, MS/Jackson Prep) and Ryan Ulsh (Virginia Beach, VA/Cox).
Sophomore Rob Johnson (Ft. Monmouth, NJ/Monmouth Regional) opened the Tiger scoring in the second half, blasting in a deflection off the goalkeeper as freshman Marcus Jackson (Virginia Beach, VA/Ocean Lakes) and junior captain Bobby Hillmann (Raleigh, NC/Leesville Road) set up the attack. Leading 3-1, Whitehead connected on his fourth of the season on an unassisted blast in the 54th minute.
With the Tigers coasting, freshmen Robbie O'Cain (Asheville, NC/Asheville) and Rainer Haggerty (Hopewell, VA/Prince George) got in on the scoring act as each netted his first collegiate goal, O'Cain's in thanks to an assist from Michael Durstine (Columbia, SC/Irmo). Three keepers minded the nets for Hampden-Sydney, while freshman Nathaniel Dallas (Hendersonville, TN/Hendersonville) worked just over 38 minutes and did not allow a goal.
The Tigers, ranked tenth in the Adidas/NSCAA South Region, travel to Atlanta, GA, for their next contest against Emory University, ranked seventh in the region, Saturday, September 6 at 7 pm.
