The MHC men's soccer team defeated conference foe Brevard 4-3 Saturday afternoon at Meares Stadium. The Lions improve to 6-5, 2-2 in the SAC. With the loss, the Tornados fall to 2-9-1, 0-5 in the SAC.
MHC struck again five minutes later to take a 2-0 lead. Troy Cole (Laguna Hills, Calif.) headed Rury Caulfield's (Glasgow, Scotland) corner kick into the net past Tornados' goalkeeper Jerry Hatsady (Orlando, Fla.).
At the 40:30 mark, Lions' goalkeeper Sean Merfeld (Alpharetta, Ga.) was tagged with a yellow card which gave Brevard a penalty kick. Ian Townson (Boiling Springs, S.C.) converted the kick into a goal which cut the Lions' lead to 2-1.
The second half turned into the Ernest Sobers' (Enterprise, Trinidad) show as the forward recorded two goals, the first at the 45:59 mark and the second at 80:42. Sobers' first goal gave MHC a commanding 3-1 lead.
Ryan Ayers (Orlando, Fla.) scored a goal for the Tornados from 30 yards out to trim the Lions' lead to 3-2 but Sobers found the net off a rebound from a Rafael Berrios' (Marietta, Ga.) shot.
Douglas Neill (Inellan, Scotland) scored a late goal for Brevard at the 88:50 mark, but MHC's defense stood strong and preserved the 4-3 victory. The Lions outshot Brevard 26-12 overall and most notably 18-5 in the second half.
Merfeld made five saves for the Lions. Hatsady recorded 14 saves for the Tornados.
MHC's next game is a home contest on October 8 against Tusculum. The game will begin at 7 p.m. at Meares Stadium.