BRISTOL, Pa. – The Cairn University men's soccer team opened up their season at home on Thursday evening with a 4-2 victory over Goucher College.
 
The Highlanders (1-0) took command early, as freshman Jesse Brittain (Chester, PA / The Christian Academy) danced past the Gopher back line and scored to put Cairn up 1-0. Brittain made Goucher (0-1) hurt again just four minutes later, as he scored again to give Cairn a firm 2-0 lead just over 17 minutes into the contest. The Highlanders took that 2-0 lead into the halftime intermission. In the second half, Cairn was granted a corner kick to the keeper's right side where freshman Moses Beers (Lancaster, PA / Manheim Township) delivered a beautiful cross in the box to a sliding senior Josh Goodyear (Camp Hill, PA / Camp Hill HS) to put Cairn up 3-0 in the 50th minute. Goucher got its first tally of the contest in the 53^rd minute, but Cairn responded when Beers scored his first collegiate goal in the 67^th minute to seal the win for Cairn.
 
Brittain led the way with a pair of goal on six shots, while Beers added one goal and a pair of assists. Goodyear added a goal and an assist, while senior Micah Portis (Abington, PA / Abington HS) added two assists. Senior goalkeeper Kameron Clark (Ewing, NJ, Ewing) commanded the net with a game- and career high 15 saves, including a momentum-changing stop on a Goucher penalty kick in the 72^nd minute.
 
The Highlanders will be back on the pitch on Saturday, September 4 when they welcome Gallaudet University to town. Kick-off is slated for 5 p.m.