Monday, September 13, 2004

YAMASHITA, HOPKINS SCORE TWO IN 6-1 ROUT OF CHARLESTON

CHARLESTON, W.Va. --- Senior Paul Hopkins (Portsmouth, England) and junior Kohei Yamashita (Tokyo, Japan) each scored two goals as the 15th-ranked Tusculum College men's soccer team ran its record to 4-0 with a 6-1 win over the University of Charleston Saturday evening.

The match was scoreless until the 42nd minute when Yamashita scored on a pass from junior Jaime Harvey (Hampshire, England). Junior Gerald Watt (Brampton, Ontario) gave the Pioneers a two-goal cushion two minutes later driving home a direct kick.

Hopkins scored the first of his two goals in the 63rd minute on a penalty kick. Yamashita added his second of the match seven minutes later on a pass from freshman Tony Prisco (Woodbridge, Va.).

After a Charleston goal with 13 minutes left in the match, goals by Hopkins and freshman Nathan de Freitas (Riceville, Tenn.) in the final eight minutes put the match away.

Tusculum (4-0) opens South Atlantic Conference play on Wednesday when it hosts Lenoir-Rhyne College at 7 p.m.

- TC -

Score by Period

1

2

F

#15 Tusculum (4-0)

2

4

6

Charleston (1-1)

0

1

1

Scoring Summary
TC - Kohei Yamashita (Jaime Harvey), 42:00
TC - Gerald Watt, 44:00
TC - Paul Hopkins, 63:00
TC - Kohei Yamashita (Tony Prisco), 69:00
UC - Glenn Slattery, 77:00
TC - Paul Hopkins (Tony Prisco), 82:00
TC - Nathan de Freitas