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LSUS MEN'S SOCCER SEASON ENDS WITH LOSS TO #10 WILLIAM CAREY(11/7/09)

Hattiesburg, MS-The LSUS men's soccer team fell to the 10th ranked William Carey Crusader's by a final score of 5-1 on Friday night at Crusader Field.

On a cool night in Hattiesburg, the Crusaders got the first goal of the game at the 3rd minute of the contest as Reece Wilson crossed to Medy Lorius who put William Carey on top 1-0.

The crusaders then got a goal from Carl Reynolds off a free kick at the 15th minute, to go up by a score of 2-0. It appeared that the Pilots cut the Crusader lead to 2-1 as Marcos Carrillo scored but the goal was waived off due to an LSUS player being called offsides. Neither team was able to score the rest of the half, sending the game to halftime with William Carey out in front 2-0.

William Carey scored the third goal of the game as Reece Wilson received a pass from Elliot Duke to give the Crusader's a 3-0 lead at the 62nd minute.

The Pilots would not go away quietly, as they added their first goal of the game at the 64th minute by Marcos Carrillo.

The Crusader's continued to pressure the Pilots and came away with another goal at the 69th minute as Carl Reynolds scored his second goal of the game. Medy Lorius was credited with the assist.

William Carey would add one more goal as Brendan Connolly scored with Elliot Duke on the assist at the 86th minute to give William Carey a 5-1 lead.

The LSUS Pilots finished the 2009 season with a record of 5-8-1. William Carey (13-2-3) will move on in the GCAC Tournament to play the University of Mobile on Monday.

LSUS MEN'S SOCCER DEFEATS SPRING HILL (11/3/09)

Jackson, MS- The LSUS men's soccer team (5-7-1) extended their season on Tuesday afternoon in Jackson, MS as they defeated the Spring Hill Badgers (5-14) by a final score of 3-1.

The game got off to a quick start for the Pilots as Marcos Carrillo scored at the 9 th minute to give LSUS a 1-0 lead. The Pilots got another crisp goal from Zach Kelly as he scored at the 25 th minute of play. This gave LSUS a 2-0 advantage at the half.

Down by two goals, the Badgers came out roaring in the second half with a goal just 52 seconds into the second half to cut the Pilot's lead to 2-1.

LSUS calmly regained control of the game and at the 71 st minute, Chance Naderi broke away from the defender and beat Spring Hill's keeper in a one on one situation to give the Pilot's a two goal cushion with 19 minutes to play.

LSUS controlled the ball and kept Spring Hill off the board for the final 19 minutes and got the victory 3-1 over the Badgers.

With this win, the LSUS Pilots advance to face William Carey University, the 10 th ranked team in NAIA, on Friday in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The winner of this game will move on to the Conference Tournament Championship Game. LSUS' LOCKETT NAMED TO ALL CONFERENCE TEAM (11/3/09)

Hattiesburg, Miss. - The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference announced yesterday the 2009 Men's Soccer All Conference Team which included LSUS'own, Theron Lockett.

Lockett, a freshman, from Stafford, Virginia has done an exceptional job of patrolling for the Pilots defense in the first year of the program.

Lockett said this on being named to the GCAC All Conference Team, "It is an honor to be considered among some of the best players in our conference."

Coach Jones is pleased to have a player like Lockett, "It is an honor to coach a young man like Theron. He is always the first one to practice and the last to leave."

The LSUS Pilots and Lockett will play the Spring Hill Badgers today as the play-in game to the GCAC Tournament. The kick off is set for 1 p.m. in Jackson, MS.

2009 Men's Soccer All Conference Team

GOALKEEPERS

Sean Mapson Senior Swindon, England William Carey

Jason Williams Junior Asheboro, NC Mobile

DEFENDERS

Chris Dillon Freshman Bournemouth, UK Mobile

Alan Hannon Senior Offaly, Ireland Belhaven

Theron Lockett Freshman Stafford, VA LSUS

Jonny Fairbairn Sophomore Northumberland, England William Carey

Rick Beebe Senior Houma, LA William Carey

MIDFIELDERS

Carl Reynolds Junior Brize Norton, England William Carey

Jose Morales Senior Houston, TX Belhaven

Medy Loorius Freshman Marck, France William Carey

John Kehoe Senior Laois, Ireland Belhaven

Joseph McNiell Junior Belfast, Northern Ireland William Carey

FORWARDS

Juan Rodriguez Senior Kenner, LA Belhaven

Tito Salas Senior Dallas, TX William Carey

Reece Wilson Freshman Surrey, England William Carey

Onesimus Ikungo Junior Kampala, Uganda Mobile

PLAYER OF YEAR: Reece Wilson William Carey

COACH OF YEAR: Nigel Boulton William Carey

Hattiesburg, MS-The LSUS men's soccer team (4-7-1, 0-4) lost to the William Carey Crusaders (12-2-3, 4-0) on Saturday afternoon by a final score of 4-1 in their final game of the regular season.

William Carey got the game's first goal at the 33 rd minute as Jonny Fairbairn passed to Tito Salas to give the Crusaders a 1-0 advantage.

The Pilots answered right back as Sam Weinberg gave way to Samuel Portales who found the back of the net to tie the game at 1 during the 37 th minute. No more goals were scored during the first half with the two teams tied 1-1 at the half.

WC opened the second half with a goal at the 47 th minute as Jake White was credited with the assist as Carl Reynolds go the goal to put the Crusaders up 2-1.

The 67 th minute brought another goal from WC as Medy Lorius scored with Tito Salas receiving credit for the assist. The Crusaders would add one more goal from Brendan Connolly at the 86 th minute and would go on to take the victory 4-1.

The next game for the LSUS Pilots will be on Tuesday, November 3 rd , in Jackson, Mississippi as they meet the Spring Hill Badgers for the play in game to the GCAC Tournament. The kick off is scheduled for 1 p.m.

Box Score

1 2 F

LSUS 1 0 1

WC 1 3 4

Scoring Summary

Goal Time Team Goal Scorer Assists

1 33:15 WC Salas Fairbairn

2 37:16 LSUS Portales Weinberg

3 47:15 WC Reynolds White

4 67:40 WC Lorius Salas

5 86:00 WC Connolly

Goalie Stats

Team Player Min GA Saves

LSUS Celaya 90:00 4 7

WC Mapson 90:00 1 1

Shots by Period

1 2 T

LSUS 2 4 6

WC 13 8 21

Corner Kicks

1 2 T

LSUS 2 1 3

WC 7 2 9

Saves by Period

1 2 T

LSUS 5 2 7

WC 0 1 1

Fouls

1 2 T

LSUS 2 7 9

WC 3 3 6

Cautions and Ejections

Team Card Player Time

WC Y Wilson 30:00

WC Y Fairbairn 36:00

LSUS Y Portales 65:00

LSUS Y Rakel 70:00

LSUS Y Awagu 72:00

WC Y Salas 80:00

LSUS Y Eades 80:00

LSUS Y Carrillo 84:00

LSUS R Buck 86:00

Time of Game:2hrs

Shreveport, LA-The LSUS men's and women's soccer teams will play in Jackson, Mississippi on Tuesday, November 3 rd for the Conference Tournament play in game against Spring Hill College.

The Lady Pilots will kick off at 11 a.m. They are currently 1-0 against the Lady Badgers this season with a 1-0 victory earlier in the season.

The Pilots will kick off at 1 p.m. as they try to defeat the Badgers for the first time this season. Spring Hill defeated LSUS 3-1 in the previous match up at Library Field in Mobile, Alabama.

Shreveport, LA-The LSUS men's soccer team (4-6-1) defeated the Faulkner University Eagles (4-9) by a final score of 3-1 at the Swamp, on the campus of LSUS, on Wednesday afternoon.

The Pilots got on the board first and took a 1-0 lead at the half thanks to Zach Kelly's (5 th ) goal at the 10 th minute of the contest.

The second half brought some intense play from both teams as the Pilots managed to sustain the lead. Team Captain, Theron Lockett, scored his first goal of the season at the 48 th minute after the cross pass from Zach Kelly, which allowed him to record his 4 th assist of the season.

Faulkner answered with a goal at the 72 nd minute from Tyler Umstead with Igor Popovich on the assist. This goal trimmed the Pilots lead to 2-1 with 20 minutes to play.

LSUS delivered the knock out goal as William Awagu passed to Steven Bush who found the back of the net with his 3 rd goal of the season at the 88 th minute to give the Pilots a 3-1 lead and eventually the win. Awagu recorded his 3 rd assist of the season on the play.

The next game for LSUS will be on Saturday, October 31 st , in Hattiesburg, Mississippi against the William Carey Crusaders at 1 p.m.

Jackson, MS-The LSUS men's soccer team (3-6-1, 0-3) were defeated by the Belhaven College Blazers (7-3-2, 1-1) by a final score of 2-0 on Tuesday afternoon.

The Pilots were unable to take a single shot in the first period as the Blazers put pressure on LSUS. Belhaven took a total of 8 shots in the first half.

The second half brought much of the same for LSUS as Belhaven outshot the Pilots 13-2 and came away with the game's only goals.

Juan Rodriguez scored at the 59 th minute as Jose Morales got the assist. At the 87 th minute Matt Clifton found the back of the net, with the assist going to Juan Rodriguez.

The only shot on goal from the Pilots came from Jeff Penner, which was stopped by the Belhaven keeper.

The next game for LSUS will be on Wednesday, October 21 st , at the Swamp as the Pilots take on Faulkner University with the kick off scheduled for 1 p.m.

Shreveport, LA-The LSUS men's soccer team came up short against the University of Mobile, after a four goal rally in the second half, by a final score of 5-4.

Mobile started the game off with all five of their goals coming during the first half of play. The first goal was scored at the 6 th minute by Cedric Carrie, his second goal of the season.

Then at the 9 th minute Onesimus Ikungo found the back of the net with his 3 rd goal this season to give Mobile a 2-0 lead. The Rams continued to add pressure on the Pilot's defense as Henrique Bertoli scored two goals, one at the 12 th minute and then again at the 42 nd minute. Bertoli's 1 st and 2 nd goals of the season extended the Mobile lead to 4-0 with under a minute to play in the first half.

At the 44 th minute Mobile's Cedric Carrie (3 rd of the season) scored his second goal of the game and appeared to put the game out of reach for LSUS.

Determined not go quietly, the Pilots scored at the 48 th minute of the game as Marcos Carrillo (3 rd ) scored as he received an assist from Zach Kelly, his second assist of the season. This cut the Mobile lead to 5-1.

Carrillo again found the back of the net at the 51 st minute with William Awagu credited with his 2 nd assist of the season. This goal trimmed the Ram advantage to 5-2, giving the Pilots some hope in the second half.

LSUS capitalized on the momentum and trimmed the lead to 5-3, as Zach Kelly scored on a penalty kick. This was Kelly's 4 th goal of the year.

Second half sub, Brian Penner brought the Pilots within a goal as he delivered with his second goal of the year, but the Pilots ran out of time as Mobile escaped with a 5-4 victory.

Head Coach, Jed Jones, "Man, what a game! The first half sure didn't turn out the way we hoped it would. I am very proud of our team. They could have laid down and given up as many goals as they did the first half, but they decided to fight and made quit a game out it. We just ran out of time."

The next game for Mobile will be on Monday, October 12 th , in Cedar Hill, Texas against Northwood University.

The Pilots will continue GCAC play with a match against the Belhaven College Blazers on Tuesday, Oct. 13, in Jackson, Mississippi. Belhaven currently has an overall record of 6-3-2 and 0-1 in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference. The Blazers only conference game was a defeat at the hands of William Carey University, 1-0. The kickoff for Tuesday's game is set for 3:30 p.m.

Mobile, AL-The LSUS men's soccer team (3-4-1, 0-1-0) lost the GCAC opener of the 2009 season to the Spring Hill Badgers (2-9-0, 1-0-0) on Tuesday afternoon at Library Field by a final score of 3-1.

SH got on the board first with a goal at the 19 th minute from Zechariah Townsend to give the Badgers a 1-0 advantage.

LSUS only took 6 shots in the first half compared to Spring Hill's 11 which led to the Badger's with a 1-0 lead at the half.

The Pilots wasted no time to tie the game in the second period as Zach Kelly scored his 3 rd goal of the season off a penalty kick at the 56 th minute to tie the game at 1. All three of Kelly's goals this season have been scored off of a penalty kick or a direct kick.

Spring Hill scored again at the 79 th minute as Devon Arnold regained the Badger lead 2-0. Then moments later at the 84 th minute, Gable Fortune found the back of the net for the SH to give them a 2 goal advantage, 3-1.

The next game for LSUS will be on Saturday afternoon, October 10 th , against the Mobile Rams who are currently 3-6 on the season and have lost two games in a row. The kickoff is set for 3 p.m. at LSUS' the swamp.

Cedar Hill, TX- The LSUS men's soccer team (2-3-1) played the Northwood University Knights (3-3-1) to a 2-2 tie on Friday afternoon at Knights Field.

The first half was all Northwood as they jumped out to a 2-0 lead with goals from Sam Valosek (22:28) and Adrian Escobar (37:52).

The Pilots dominated the second half with 15 shots as opposed to Northwood's 7. At the 74 th minute of the game, Zach Kelly took the direct kick and blasted one past the NU keeper to trim the Knights lead to 2-1.

The Pilots continued to put the pressure on Northwood and William Awagu scored at the 79 th minute of the game to tie it at 2. LSUS had a couple of more chances but were unable to score sending the game into overtime.

This would be the first time this year that the Pilots competed in overtime. Northwood outshot the Pilots 2 to 1 in the first overtime period, but LSUS had the shot advantage in the second overtime, 2-1.

LSUS trailed at the half 2-0, but battled back in the second half and continued the hard play in overtime.

Head coach, Jed Jones, "We had a ton of chances in the second half and a few in overtime, if we just had an inch here or there we could have won the game. But that is the way it goes sometimes. I am proud of the way we bounced back in the second half to send it to overtime."

The next game of LSUS will be on Saturday, October 3 rd , at The Swamp versus Louisiana College at 5 p.m. LC currently holds a 0-8 record and they will play three conference games before their meeting with LSUS on October 3 rd .

The LSUS men's soccer team (2-3) defeated the Texas College Steers (1-2) by a final score of 4-3 on Saturday afternoon in Tyler, Texas.

TC got on the board first with the goal scored at 10:24 into the game to take a 1-0 lead. The Pilots battled back and tied the game at one when Daniel Broussard crossed the ball in front of the goal. Brian Penner then headed it passed the keeper and Steven Bush hustled in to head the ball into the goal at the 35 th minute.

Thirty seconds later, TC answered right back with a goal from Guillermo Lozano to take a 2-1 lead. The Pilots tied the game at two at the 36 th minute when Texas College's own Gerado Cuevas headed the ball in his own goal.

Stephen Bush scored his second goal of the game, unassisted, at the 38 th minute to give the Pilots a 3-2 lead at the half.

The Pilots scored at the 60 th minute of the game, as William Awagu passed to Marcos Carrillo, who found the back of the net for the 4 th and final goal of the game.

Texas College added another goal at the 34 th minute to trim the Pilot lead to 4-3 but it would not be enough as the LSUS closed out the game for the victory.

The next game for LSUS will be on Friday, September 25 th at Cedar Hill, Texas against Northwood University at 1 p.m.

Shreveport, LA-The LSUS Pilots (1-3) were defeated by the Texas College Steers (1-0) 2-1, on Friday night at the Swamp. The Pilots had several chances to score in the first half with 6 shots on goal and a total of 10 shots. Zach Kelly led the way for LSUS with 2 shots on goal. Sam Weinberg had a total of two shots, one of which hit the crossbar that kept the Pilots off the board.

TC keeper, Matthew Rangel, had 6 saves in the first half. TC only had 5 shots, 2 on goal. LSUS keeper, Rogerio Celaya, made both saves as the two teams went to the break tied at zero with the rain clouds approaching.

The second half started prematurely with the threatening clouds off in the distance. The first goal of the game was scored by Texas College as Daniel Campos scored unassisted to give the Steers a 1-0 at the 54 minute.

The Pilots would answer the goal as William Awagu scored at 59:05 to tie the game at one a piece. Heavy winds and rain pounded the playing surface for about 10 minutes before lightning was detected.

The game was then stalled for a lightning delay, which was accompanied by the heavy showers. The rain slacked up but the threat of lighting keep the game at a halt for twenty minutes after the rain had stopped jeopardizing a full length game. The total time of the weather delay was 45 minutes.

With 31 minutes remaining on the game clock, the game resumed at 7:05 p.m. with the darkness creeping up on the swamp, knowing that the next goal scored could possibly be the game winner. TC's Daniel Campos scored his second goal of the game at 67:09 that would prove to be the game winner.

The Pilots battled their way through the defense but were unable to score as the game was called with ten minutes left on the game clock due to darkness.

LSUS definitely had their chances in the second half with 7 shots, but ran out of day light.

There were a total of 17 fouls called in the game, 11 from LSUS and 6 from Texas College. The one yellow card went to TC's Bertin Hernandez at the 79 th minute.

These two teams will match up again on Saturday, September 19 th at Texas College at 5 p.m.

Texas College will now travel to Jackson, Mississippi to play Belhaven tomorrow at 5 p.m.

LSUS' next game will be on Sunday in Hattiesburg, Mississippi as the Pilots take on William Carey at 4 p.m.

The LSUS men's soccer game versus ETBU on Thursday, Sept. 10, has been postponed to a later date. The next game will be on Friday, Sept. 11, against Texas College at the Swamp at 5 p.m.

The LSUS Pilots (1-2) men's soccer team won their first contest of 2009 as they defeated East Texas Baptist University Tigers (0-2-1) on Monday night in Marshall, Texas.

The first period brought a lot of opportunities for LSUS, with a total of 19 shots compared to ETBU's 5. The Pilots created some chances to score with some finely tuned passing but were unable find the back of the net.

LSUS had a good wager at their first goal when Daniel Broussard crossed to William Awagu who headed the ball past the ETBU keeper. The keeper quickly recovered and was able to keep the ball out of the net and the Pilots off the scoreboard.

The best chance the Pilots had in the first half was following a corner kick, when Theron Lockett banged one off the post and then the rebound ricocheted to Daniel Broussard who hit the other post.

The Pilots added 9 more shots in the second half with two of them on goal. Sam Weinberg crossed the ball to William Awagu, who scored his first goal of the season to give the Pilots a 1-0 lead at the 19 th minute of the second half.

LSUS played great defense as well, only allowing ETBU to take a total of 8 shots the entire game. Theron Locket, Reid Althage, Samuel Portales and Dillon Bowie did a fine job at breaking up ETBU's scoring chances. Rogerio Celaya made a total of 3 saves to lead the Pilots to victory.

Head Coach, Jed Jones, "That was an exciting game; we created a lot of opportunities. The guys played hard all game long and they were rewarded with the win. I knew the way we played in the first half that we would continue that in the second half we would have a great chance to win and we did."

The Pilots next game is on Thursday afternoon, at the Swamp on the campus of LSUS, with a rematch against the ETBU Tigers at 4 p.m.

Oklahoma City, Ok--The LSUS Pilots (0-2) soccer team lined up for their second consecutive road game in Oklahoma City, this time against the 3 rd ranked team in the NAIA-Oklahoma City University (1-0-1) at Stars Field on Monday afternoon.

OCU scored the first goal just moments after the opening kickoff at 13 seconds into the game. Peiman Pahlevan took the shot as LSUS keeper, Rogerio Celaya, appeared to make a diving save but it was ruled a goal as OCU took a 1-0 lead. OCU's Alex Gang was credited with the assist.

The Pilots, Marcos Carrillo was issued a yellow card at 4:13 into the game as was later ejected after receiving a red card at 21:51. This left the Pilots one man down for the rest of the game.

LSUS continued to battle their way through the first half and only trailed 1-0 at the half. The Pilots had three shots on goal in the first half of play.

OCU scored again at the 56:20 as Peiman Pahlevan delivered a cross pass to Preston Cox who finished the play to give OCU a 2-0 lead.

OCU's Alex Gang had a breakaway opportunity but LSUS keeper, Celaya, kept him from scoring as he was issued a yellow card at 79:39. Gang was said to have been in the box when the foul was called and this awarded him a penalty kick. Gang scored the third and final goal of the game on his penalty kick.

Head Coach, Jed Jones, "We played a great game against a great team. There were some calls that did not go our way and if they had, things might have been different. But it is what it is. Our guys played hard for all ninety minutes and for the most part a man down. OCU is a great team and we were with them step for step."

The next game for the Pilots is Monday, September 7 th , in Marshall, Texas at East Texas Baptist University at 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City , OK --The LSUS men's soccer team (0-1) lost the first game of the regular season, by a final score of 4-1, on Saturday afternoon at Mid America Christian University (1-0) in Oklahoma City .

MACU scored the first goal of the contest at the 5 th minute of the first half as Andy Mendoza (1) got the home in front 1-0.

Bryce Jantz extended the MACU lead to 2-0 with a goal at 31:55 into the first half.

The Pilots continued to battle and at 40:40, freshman Zach Kelly ( Shreveport , LA ), cut the MACU lead in half with his first goal of the season. This would be the only shot on goal for LSUS in the game.

Trailing 2-1 at the half, the game was still in reach, but MACU put another goal on the board early into the 2 nd half at 2:32 . Mendoza scored his second goal of the game as Joey Yeisley was credited with the assist to give MACU a 3-1 advantage.

The final goal of the game came at 22:08 for MACU. Bryce Jantz scored his second goal of the game as well, with Martin Maese and Gabriel Gonzales on the assist.

The Pilots only had one shot on goal. MACU had a total of six shots on goal. Rogerio Celaya played all 90 minutes in goal for the Pilots, as did Gustavo Rodriguez for MACU.

There were a total of the three yellow cards handed out in the second half. Joey Yeisley received the first at 10:00 for MACU. Samuel Portales, for LSUS, at 42:40 and the final issued to MACU's Martin Maese at 43:30.

Head Coach, Jed Jones, "We have got to create better chances for ourselves. We only had one shot on goal and with just one shot you do not give yourself a very good chance at success. But, we have some talented players and they will learn from mistakes and we will be fine."

The next game for the Pilots will be on Monday afternoon at Stars Field in Oklahoma City against the no. 3 ranked team in NAIA, Oklahoma City University (0-0-1) at 3 p.m.