Box Score SEWANEE, Tenn. –
Noah Bjorkman netted a pair of goals,
Stokes McConnell added a goal and an assist and Sewanee scored three times in the first 15 minutes en route to a 5-0 victory over Guilford College on Sunday in Greensboro, N.C.
The Tigers (7-0-2) remained unbeaten after their first road trip of the season, defeating William Peace on Saturday and Guilford on Sunday. Sewanee has allowed just six goals in nine outings, with three of those in one match, while scoring 33 goals.
Sewanee goalkeeper
Nathan Vanhoeve collected his fifth clean sheet of the year and the sixth for the club as a team.
The Tigers held a 7-5 advantage in shots in the first half but played almost the entire 45 minutes on their offensive side of the field.
Sewanee's first goal started near midfield with
Alpha Bah on a give-and-go. The next pass went to McConnell in the middle of the field. He took two touches and sent the ball by two defenders to Bjorkman, who poked it past a hard-charging Christopher Kelley, the Guilford goalkeeper, with the ball rolling into the goal at the 4:07 mark of the first half.
The Tigers scored again in the 11
th minute, with a long ball from
Edward Kennedy on the backline deflecting off a Guilford defender near the top of the box. McConnell ran it down near the end line, dribbled twice and beat Kelley low and left, just inside the post.
Sewanee was fouled just outside the box in the 13
th minute.
Grayson White's free kick ricocheted off the wall and
Isaac Rasheed buried the rebound into the top right corner, giving Kelley no chance, extending the lead to 3-0.
Guilford was much more aggressive to start the second half, registering six shots in the first 15 minutes of the period, but the Tigers answered with a goal in the 64
th minute.
Wells Durham collected a ball in the midfield and played it forward to the top of the box. A Guilford defender headed the ball down and Bah picked it up there, passing right to Bjorkman, whose shot was low and left, past Kelley.
Thomas McGowan drew a foul in the box in the 72
nd minute after winning a ball down the left side and making a long run before drawing the contact. Durham buried the penalty kick low and left, extending the lead to 5-0.
Sewanee travels to Birmingham, Ala., this Tuesday for a neutral site match against Belhaven University and continues on the road next Saturday, facing Emory University.
