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St. Mary's City, Md. - The St. Mary's College
of Maryland men's soccer team halted their four-game losing streak
and snapped their three-game scoring drought with a 4-1 win over
non-conference opponent, Bridgewater (Va.) College, Wednesday
afternoon.
Senior captains Alex Pyzik (Bel Air, Md./John
Carroll) and Mikael Tigrett (Hagerstown, Md./North
Hagerstown) paced the Seahawk (3-6) offense with two goals apiece.
Bridgewater (1-9) struck first at 8:35 when Shane
O'Donnell (Waynesboro, Va./Waynesboro) fired in a shot
from 20 yards out that took a weird, high bounce into the goal
after senior goalie Rick Besore's (Upper Marlboro,
Md./DeMatha Catholic) initial diving save.
However, St. Mary's responded at 20:30 when senior defender
Mike Rohrs (Annapolis, Md./St. Mary's-Annapolis)
headed a pass from the right post to left where Pyzik used a diving
header to net his second goal of the year. Both teams would
hold on for the 1-1 halftime draw.
In the second half, two Tigrett goals sandwiched Pyzik's second
tally of the game. Tigrett put back the rebound from freshman
midfielder George Gusack's (College Park,
Md./DeMatha Catholic) shot at 50:47, giving the Hawks a 2-1 lead.
Pyzik notched his second goal at 53:42 when he took a feed from
freshman midfielder Keith Hines (Hollywood,
Md./Leonardtown) and cut back around a defender at the top of the
box, rocketing in a left-footed shot for his third goal of
2007. Tigrett picked up his fourth goal of the season at
63:31 as his free kick from 20 yards out curved into the top far
left corner.
Besore finished with three saves in 74 minutes of play, while
freshman Paul Spranklin (Columbia, Md./Oakland
Mills) came in relief for the remainder of the game. BC's
Zane Lineberry (Pulaski, Va./Pulaski County)
collected 14 stops while Jack Bottoms (Lynchburg,
Va./Heritage) made two saves in 10 minutes of relief action.
St. Mary's out-shot the Eagles 32-7, including the Seahawk
defense holding BC to only two shots in the second half. The
Hawks also held a 7-2 advantage in corner kicks.
The Seahawks return to action this Saturday when St. Mary's
travels to Owings Mills, Md. to square off against Villa Julie
College in Capital Athletic Conference action at 3:00.
Bridgewater will travel to Emory, Va. to face Emory & Henry
College at 1:00 on Saturday as well.
