Demorest, GA – The Piedmont College men’s soccer team could not hold off the best team in the league as visiting Greensboro College handed the Lions a 5-0 loss Friday at Walker Athletic Complex. The result is the most lopsided loss for PC in 2014 and largest margin of defeat since last year’s season-ending 5-0 loss to Methodist in the USA South Quarterfinals.
Greensboro’s George Dimopoulos scored two in the first half while Drew Clukey added another for the visitors who held a 3-0 lead at halftime against the Lions. Piedmont was outshot 13-3 in the first 45 minutes as the Pride took control early earning seven corners in the first half while the Lions did not take a single one.
Piedmont’s Kenneth Hearn would come up with five saves in the opening half, but it was not enough as Greensboro took its three goal advantage into the second period before adding a fourth in the 58th minute as Chris Gage fired home a Scott Faytol corner kick service. Now up 4-0, the Pride made it worse in the waning moments getting a brilliant strike from Asa Britten in the 85th to seal the 5-0 win on the road.
PC was led in shots by a quartet of players who each took one as the Lions trailed in the shot column 17 to four overall. Only one strike came on frame for PC on the afternoon with Kofi Bates accounting for the effort.
Picking up the loss in league play, the Lions are now an even 4-4 in league play and sit now at 7-9 overall. Greensboro, meanwhile, strengthens its stranglehold on the top of the table as the Pride puts its total at 24 points through nine games, five points clear of 2nd place.
The loss sets up a tough test for Saturday as Averett University visits Walker Athletic Complex for a 2:00 pm kickoff on Oct. 25. The Lions dropped a 2-goal decision to the Cougars in 2013 on the road.
Averett is coming off a 1-0 loss to Covenant College just this afternoon. Action against the Cougars will be carried live on the Mane Event Broadcasting Network.
