October 29, 2005
Sippy scores twice as Monarchs blank Ferrum 3-0 on Senior Day

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – The Methodist Monarch men’s soccer team sent their seniors out in style with a 3-0 victory over Ferrum at Monarch Soccerplex.

Methodist seniors Adam Sippy, Andrew Neff, Kevin Gray, Marlon Pinnock and Gregg Cohen played their final games at Monarch Soccerplex. In turn, the Monarchs ended a three-game losing streak to improve to 6-10-1 and 3-2 in the USA South Athletic Conference.

Sippy scored twice for the Monarchs, including the game’s first goal less than five minutes into the contest. Sippy scored on a cross pass from Andy White in the fourth minute to give the Monarchs a 1-0 lead. The scored stayed that until the 37th minute when Evan Monteiro scored on a breakaway off an assist by Sean Gregory. Two minutes later, Sippy scored again in front of the goal off a cross from Gregory.

Methodist goalkeeper Jeremy Belnap recorded the shutout with two saves. Ryan Schilling recorded five saves for Ferrum (13-6, 2-4).

Methodist closes out the regular season on Sunday at 7 p.m. at Christopher Newport.