WILSON, N.C. --- Lee Squires scored the lone goal of the match to lead the Lees-McRae men's soccer team to a 1-0 victory over Barton College in Conference Carolinas play on Saturday night.
Lees-McRae (6-2, 4-0 CC) outshot the Bulldogs (1-7, 1-3 CC) by a 6-1 margin, including a 4-1 advantage in the first half, as the Bobcats were forced to play a man short for nearly 50 minutes due to a red card late in the opening period. Squires tallied his sixth goal and first match-winner of the season, while Jamie Bladen added his third assist of the campaign.
The match remained scoreless until midway through the 70th minute, when Bladen ripped a shot from distance that the keeper deflected back into play, leaving Squires in perfect position to deliver the deciding strike into the side netting to put the Bobcats up 1-0. Lees-McRae would hold on for the victory, staving off several magnificent Barton scoring chances despite playing a man down.
Lees-McRae returns to the pitch on Wednesday when the Bobcats travel to Bristol, Tenn. for a non-conference matchup with King College. The match is slated to kick off at 5 p.m.
Women’s Soccer: Lady Bobcats rally past Barton, 3-1
WILSON, N.C. --- Freshman MaryBeth Sullivan tallied a pair of goals, and Katelyn Custer notched two assists to lead the Lees-McRae women's soccer team to a 3-1 win over Barton College on Saturday in Conference Carolinas action.
Lees-McRae (6-2, 3-1 CC) edged the Bulldogs (1-6, 1-3 CC) 7-5 in shots, including a 4-2 edge in the second half, as the Lady Bobcats tallied their third straight victory. Sullivan set a new career-high with her first collegiate brace, as Brooke Santerre added her third goal in her last two matches. Custer tallied her first two assists of the season as Santerre added a helper of her own.
Brittany Bobbitt recorded the Bulldogs lone goal of the match as Hilary Peterson notched an assist. Lees-McRae's Brittany Bolton tallied three saves, while Mileika Miki made four stops for Barton.
Bobbitt opened the scoring midway through the 10th minute, delivering the finish after the initial shot from Peterson rung off the bar, giving Barton an early 1-0 lead. Sullivan brought the Lady Bobcats back on terms in the opening seconds of the 38th minute, taking a centering ball from Custer and blasting it into the upper 90 to send the match into the interval level at 1-1.
The match remained even until late in the 61st minute, when Santerre broke the deadlock with a brilliant strike from 35 yards out off a corner kick from Kaitlyn Kerrigan to give LMC a 2-1 lead. Sullivan added a late strike to push the lead to 3-1 off crosses from Custer and Jessica O'Leary, delivering a well-placed shot inside the far post from the right flank for her fourth goal of the season.
Cycling: Warner captures 3k national championship on day one of Track Nationals
INDIANAPOLIS --- Rachel Warner turned in the performance of the day for Lees-McRae College at the 2010 Collegiate Track Nationals, recording the top time in the Women's 3K Pursuit Time Trial to capture her first career national championship.
Warner won the time trial by nearly seven seconds, crossing the finish line with a time of 4:02.852 to beat out Kaitlin Antonneau of Marian University for the Bobcats' first national championship of the season. Hannah Trimble finished 24th in the race with a time of 4:42.114.
Rodrigo Gomez turned in the Bobcats' top performance in the Men's 4K Pursuit Time Trial, finishing 17th with a time of 5:11.645, while Spencer Oswald placed 24th with a time of 5:14.217. Sondre Thorbergsen, Nathan Trimble, Wesley Rhoads, and Sam Massie finished 37th, 40th, 44th, and 45th respectively, with Thomas Goetz placing 50th to round out a solid Bobcat presence among the top 50 riders.
Zac Felpel paced the Bobcats in the Men's 1K Time Trial, finishing 17th with a time of 1:12.055, while Gomez placed 24th with a mark of 1:13.101. Rhoads and Oswald finished in the top 50 for the second consecutive race, placing 35th and 45th, respectively, while Nathan Trimble and Throbergsen finished 56th and 57th. Goetz and Massie placed 59th and 62nd to round out the finishers for LMC.
Adormarie Martinez-Adorno turned in the Bobcats' top performance in the Women's 500m Time Trial, placing 10th with a time of 40.441, while Warner and Hannah Trimble came in 19th and 26th, respectively. Kathryn Smith finished 35th to close out the day for Lees-McRae.
