October
18,
2005.jpg)
First
half
goal
gives
Methodist
1-0
victory
over
Francis
Marion
FAYETTEVILLE,
N.C. –
The
Methodist
Monarch
men’s
soccer
team
appears
to be
picking
up steam
at the
right
time in
the 2005
season.
After
knocking
off
Shenandoah
on
Saturday,
the
Monarchs
returned
home on
Tuesday
and won
a 1-0
thriller
over
visiting
NCAA
Division
II
Francis
Marion
at
Monarch
SoccerPlex.
Methodist
has now
won two
straight
and
three of
its last
four.
The
Monarchs
improved
to 5-7-1
overall.
The
game’s
lone
goal
occurred
right
before
the end
of the
first
half.
Gregg
Cohen
scored
off a
cross
pass
from
Steven
Brumbaugh
in the
41st
minute.
In the
second
half,
the
Monarch
defense
stymied
the
Patriots
behind
the
stellar
play of
defenders
Jimmy
Izaguirre,
Richard
Distad,
Desmond
Keane
and
Chris
MacDonald.
Methodist
goalkeeper
Jeremy
Belnap
recorded
the
shutout
with six
saves.
Jonathan
Runion
recorded
one save
for
Francis
Marion
(7-8).
The
Monarchs
play
host to
Randolph-Macon
on
Thursday
at 4
p.m.
