The Eastern Mennonite University soccer team defeated Hampden-Sydney 3-1 on Wednesday night.

THE BASICS

• Final Score: Eastern Mennonite 3, Hampden-Sydney 1
• Records: Hampden-Sydney 5-7-2, 3-4-1 ODAC; Eastern Mennonite 8-7-1, 5-3 ODAC
• Location: Hampden-Sydney, VA – Hellmuth-Gibson Field

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Hampden-Sydney got on the scoreboard in the 24^th minute when Hunter Weiland sent in a pass off a restart just past midfield and it ell to the ground just in front of the goal mouth where Spell Carr kicked it in
• The Royals would tie the game in the 41^st minute when Emmanuel Boamah headed in a feed from Dave Drafton
• Caleb Oakes put the visitors in the lead when he converted a Troy Davis corner kick at 61:48
• Forced to press up on offense shortly thereafter, the strategy nearly worked as a Hunter Weiland header at 83:26 went just inches over the crossbar and a Carr shot at 83:58 went off the left post and out of bounds
• However, Eastern Mennonite capitalized on it on a counter attack as Erik Peachey sent a thru ball to Drafton who outsprinted the defense and finished a one-on-one with the goalkeeper

TIGER TOP PERFORMERS

• Spell Carr scored once and had five shots
• Hunter Weiland added on an assist
• Josh McCormack recorded a game-high six shots

FOR THE FOES

• Dave Drafton contributed a goal and an assist
• Caleb Oakes and Emmanual Boamah each scored once
• Troy Davis and Eric Peachey tacked on an assist apiece

STATS OF THE GAME

• H-SC held a 17-12 edge in shots but EMU had a 4-1 advantage in shots on goal

NEXT GAME

• Hampden-Sydney heads to Ferrum College on Friday for a 6 pm contest