ROME, Ga. – Lees-McRae men's soccer recorded an 8-0 win in its Conference Carolinas opener at Shorter this afternoon.
Jonas Bartelt paced the Bobcats with a hat trick and five more Bobcats registered a goal on the day.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Lees-McRae – 8; Chowan – 0
LOCATION: Ben Brady Field -- Rome, Georgia
RECORDS: Lees-McRae (1-1-2;1-0-0), Shorter (1-2-0;0-1-0)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Shalom Akinbulumo had the first opportunity on goal for Shorter at the 13th minute mark, but Jonathan Kienle made his first of five saves on the day.
- Gray Smith and Harrison Watts had shots on target, but Shorter held the Bobcats scoreless in the first 30 minutes of the match. G. Smith gave Lees-McRae the 1-0 lead off a corner kick from Fletcher Dyson in the 34th minute.
- Bartelt doubled the Bobcat lead with his first collegiate goal in the 38th minute and Lees-McRae headed into the break with a two-goal advantage.
- Caden Pierce contributed the third goal of the contest in the 60th minute for the Bobcats and Bartelt added his second goal in the 73rd minute. Watts buried a goal two minutes later.
- Bartelt tallied a hat trick in the 88th minute off an assist from Owen Smith and Oskar Lindegård finished the game with a goal with 17 seconds remaining. Aron Disher collected an assist on Lindegård's goal.
- Dyson and O. Smith registered two assists in the commanding victory.
- The eight goals scored are the most in program history since Lees-McRae defeated Newberry 8-2 in October 2018.
FOR THE HAWKS:
- Akinbulumo and Miguel Souza each collected two shots on goal for Shorter.
- Rasmus Berg made four saves in goal for the Hawks.
UP NEXT:
Lees-McRae welcomes Belmont Abbey to Tate Field on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m.
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