Box Score
Box Score
BLUEFIELD, W. Va. - The Concord University men's soccer team improved to 1-1-1 on the season with a 2-0 victory over Bluefield College Thursday night at the East River Soccer Complex. With the loss, Bluefield's record drops to 1-3-0.
Sophomore
Cameron Russell scored the first Mountain Lion goal of the season early in the second half while senior
Richard Vincent added an insurance goal late in the contest to secure the win for Concord.
Senior goalkeeper
Matt Hamilton ended the game with three saves for his second shutout of the season. Hamilton is now 1-0-1 on the season.
As a team, Concord outshot Bluefield 11-9. Vincent led CU with a team-high three shots.Russell, sophomore
Caleb Bone and junior
Sebastian Escobar all added two shots apiece.
Neither side was able to score in the opening 45 minutes of action, but Russell broke the 0-0 tie when he scored off of a pass from junior
Tyler Farrar at the 61:56 mark in the second half.
The Mountain Lion defense continued to play strong while the offense put one more goal on the board when Vincent scored an unassisted ball with 11:29 remaining in the game. Bluefield did not get a shot off in the final 12 minutes of the second half as Concord cruised to the multi-goal win.
Concord will head to Buchannon, W. Va. for its first West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game of the season against West Virginia Wesleyan Saturday at 7 p.m. at Wood Street Park.
