Blue Hose Drop Second Game Of Season At VMI
LEXINGTON, V.A. –
The duo of Kevin Hill and Brett Leonard combined for 11
points today as the Keydets (1-1) knocked off Presbyterian
College (0-2) by a final of 13-6 on a sunny day at Delaney
Field. Brian Foley led the way for Presbyterian with two
goals and an assist alongside Ben Ewing, who added two more
goals in the losing effort.
The Keydets came out firing today in their home opener,
racking up 59 shots in the contest to PC's 31. Along with
the production from Hill and Leonard, the Keydets had two
other players with multiple goals, as freshmen Bobby Davis
and Tim Moran picked up their first career goals with three
and two, respectively.
Hill and Leonard accounted for the first three scores of the
game as VMI jumped out to an early 3-0 lead. Moran finished
out a solid first period for the team with a buzzer-beating
goal to push the lead to 4-0 after one.
Leonard and fellow fourth-classman Davis provided the
scoring for the Keydets in the second period on a pair of
assists from Hill and one from junior David Jacobs. The
Keydets led 6-1 at the 10:51 mark of the second period.
The Blue Hose got things going in the second period as well,
matching VMI with three of their own goals to pull within
7-3 at the half. Ben Ewing scored his first goal of the
season within the first minute of the second period. Steve
Getty and Brian Foley claimed the other two goals in the
period for PC with George McManus dishing out an assist. The
game had the potential to be a little closer, but VMI
freshman goalie Sean McCoy continued to impress in his
second start. McCoy turned away six shots in the opening
half (10 total), and would eventually pick up his first
victory after 50+ minutes in the cage.
The Keydets continued to strike in the third period, putting
together a 4-0 run in a span of just over four-minutes
before Presbyterian’s Brian Foley put an end to the run with
his second goal of the day with 1:54 remaining.
PC’s Jeremy Metcalfe and Ben Ewing closed out the scoring
for the Blue Hose with two goals in the final period.
The Keydets also had a successful day clearing the ball,
going 19-24 while the Blue Hose managed just 10-27. VMI
scooped up 71 groundballs in the game, while Presbyterian
picked up 45. Blue Hose goalie Pat Slaughter had a busy day
facing 59 shots.
Slaughter hauled in 16 saves in the game.
The Blue Hose will try to rebound on Saturday as they open
their conference season against Wingate University at 2 p.m.
in Wingate, N.C.