SEWANEE, Tenn. –
Tyler Cozzie posted a hat trick while
Stokes McConnell added two goals and
Payne Gridley collected a goal and two assists, helping Sewanee to a 6-3 victory over Piedmont in men's soccer action Sunday in Demorest, Ga.
The victory ended a three-match winless streak for the Tigers (3-3-4), who scored three times in the first 14 minutes of the match and twice more in the 76
th minute to put the match away.
McConnell netted his first goal on an assist from
David Edge in the fifth minute and Gridley's blast from 20 yards to the upper right corner of the net was assisted by
Will Pucek in the eighth minute. Cozzie's first score of the match came in the 14
th minute from
Will Hawgood for a 3-0 Tigers lead.
The Lions registered two goals in less than a minute to make it 3-2 at the half, with Brady Puckett scoring on a loose ball in front of the net after a Piedmont corner and James Cash converting a penalty kick in the 34
th minute.
McConnell put the Tigers ahead, 4-2, on an assist from Gridley in the 50
th minute and it stayed that way for almost 25 minutes. Cozzie found the back of the net unassisted at 75:01 and scored again just 42 seconds later on Gridley's second assist of the match, chipping a shot over a charging Piedmont goalkeeper for a 6-2 Sewanee advantage.
Puckett scored the final goal of the day in the 88
th minute from Justin Gersch-Vertullo.
Sewanee's
Nathan Vanhoeve posted one save and faced seven total shots while Piedmont's Bobby Wood allowed three goals and made three saves versus 11 shots in the first half and Collin Sheeler gave up three goals and registered five saves against 14 shots in the second half.
The Tigers play their final two home matches of the year for Family Weekend this coming week, facing Rhodes on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Hendrix on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Puett Field.
