Sunday, November
4, 2007
LMU BEATS TUSCULUM 3-1 TO WIN SAC MEN'S
SOCCER TOURNAMENT TITLE
ROCK
HILL, S.C. - The top-seeded Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters claimed the 2007 Food Lion South Atlantic
Conference Tournament men's soccer championship with a 3-1 victory over the
second-seeded Tusculum Pioneers at the Manchester Meadows Soccer Complex
Sunday.
Leandro
Pereira scored the
opener and the match-winner, while midfielder Nelson Pizarro earned tournament MVP honors.
Pereira took advantage of a ball bouncing in the
penalty area in the 41st minute and guided his shot to the lower right corner
to give LMU a 1-nil halftime advantage.
Tusculum's Bruno
Conceicão scored the equalizer in the 57th
minute, as LMU goalkeeper Brent Cole
was unable to punch the ball out of his area and Conceicão
dribbled around him to tie the match.
Pereira's match-winner came from the penalty
spot in the 73rd minute. The Railsplitters earned the
spot kick as Pereira's
attempt at a bicycle kick hit a TC defender in the hand. Pereira put the ball low to the left to give
LMU the 2-1 lead.
Tusculum continued to apply pressure on the Railsplitters, but Cole made five saves to hold the
Pioneers at bay.
Leonardo de Barros
sealed the win with 24
seconds remaining, as he dribbled the ball across the goal line following a
breakaway.
The Railsplitters outshot the
Pioneers, 17-12, with eight shots on goal. TC's Lance Moore made five saves in the
match.
Tusculum now waits to learn its NCAA postseason
fate when the Division II Tournament bracket is released Monday.
- SAC -
Date: Nov
04, 2007 Attendance: 150
Weather: Sunny, Light Breeze, Upper 60s.
Goals
by period 1 2 Tot
-------------------------------
Tusculum............ 0 1 - 1
Lincoln Memorial.... 1 2 - 3
SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 40:11 LMUM Leandro Pereira (21)
(unassisted) - Off a rebounded cross that bounced off a defender.
2. 56:56 TCM Bruno Conceicao (20)
(unassisted)
3. 72:39 LMUM Leandro
Pereira Penalty kick
4. 89:36 LMUM Leonardo de Barros
(8) (unassisted) - Got by the keeper.
Shots:
Tusculum 12, Lincoln
Memorial 17
Saves: Tusculum 5 (Lance Moore 5), Lincoln Memorial 5 (Brent
Cole 5)