LANGHORNE, Pa. – The Cairn University men's soccer team won in shutout fashion, 6-0, over Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) foe Wilson College at home on Wednesday afternoon.
"Today was a result we absolutely needed and I thought our guys put together a full 90-minute effort." remarked Head Coach
Luke Gibson.
"I was particularly pleased with how patient we were in the attack and we made the most of our chances."
Cairn (6-5-4, 2-0-2 CSAC) got on the score sheet early against Wilson (0-9-4, 0-3-1 CSAC) when sophomore
Moses Beers (Lancaster, PA / Manheim Township) delivered a corner kick to a leaping senior
David Falcon (Wayne, NJ / Hawthorne Christian), who headed the ball home to give Cairn a 1-0 lead. The Highlanders extended their advantage to 3-0 after a pair of goals from sophomore
Jesse Brittain (Chester, PA / The Christian Academy) in the 33
rd minute and senior
Aaron Campbell (Coopersburg, PA / Upper Bucks Christian) in the 42
nd minute, and took that 3-0 advantage into intermission. Brittain and Campbell each netted a tally in the second half, and sophomore
Jayson Fields (Vineland, NJ / Cumberland Christian) rounded out the day for Cairn with a goal in the 89
th minute.
Cairn out shot Wilson in the contest (28-4) and generated 13 shots on goal. Cairn also held the edge in corner kick opportunities (8-5). Campbell and Brittain led the scoring output with two goals a-piece, while Beers dished out a career-high four assists in the win, extending his conference-leading mark to 16 on the season (second among NCAA Division III counterparts). Beers' four assists are the most in a single game by a Highlander in program history (official stats date back to 1993). Fields and Falcon each added a goal and an assist, while fifth-year's
Tyler Skaer (Brookhaven, PA / Penn State Brandywine) and
Micah Portis (Abington, PA / Abington HS), junior
Joshua Smith (Attleboro, MA / Homeschooled) and freshman
Hayden Bassoff (Harrisburg, PA / Harrisburg Christian) each recorded an assist (first career collegiate point for Bassoff). Senior net minder
Kameron Clark (Ewing, NJ / Ewing) collected his third-consecutive shutout between the pipes.
The Highlanders will be back on the pitch on Saturday, October 22 when they travel to conference rival Clarks Summit University for a CSAC tilt at 3 p.m.
