September 8, 2010

Box Score

FARMVILLE, Va. - The Longwood University men's soccer team dropped a 4-2 decision to visiting George Washington University of the Atlantic 10 Conference on Wednesday night at the Athletics Complex in Farmville. Senior Harvey Headley | Coventry, England (Stoke Park) and sophomore Vinnie Llana | Raleigh, N.C. (Broughton) each scored a goal in the first half. The Colonials (1-2) scored the first two goals before the pair of Longwood (0-3) goals tied the match. George Washington would score one more goal in the first half and add an insurance goal in the second half. The Lancers return to action on Sunday, September 12, when they face James Madison University of the Colonial Athletic Association in Harrisonburg at 2:30 p.m..

“It was a disappointing loss,” said sixth-year head coach Jon Atkinson. “We let George Washington off the hook and have ourselves to blame. We played well early, then got behind and that made it tough to get traction. We have to learn our lessons, work on the basics and communication, and prepare for a tough JMU team.”

Longwood pressured early in the first half, drawing five corner kicks in the first five minutes of the match but could only get off one shot during that span. George Washington scored the first goal in the 11th minute on a shot by Mike Burke from 40 yards out on the left side of the field that deflected off the post and into the goal. The Colonials added to their lead in the 25th minute when Seth Rudolph hit a header off a cross from Mattia Melillo to push the lead to 2-0. The Lancers answered in the 26th minute when Llana scored on a penalty kick that cut the deficit to one goal. Headley scored in the 34th minute off a long pass from freshman left-back Patrick Bain | New Market (Stonewall Jackson). The match would not stay tied for long as Jeff Eisenbud collected a loose ball in front of the net after a deflected free kick and scored to put GWU ahead 3-2 in the 38th minute.

George Washington added an insurance goal in the 61st minute on a Burke goal from six yards out.

Sophomore goalkeeper Ben Eanes | Troutville (Lord Botetourt) played in goal in the first half and allowed three goals. Junior Joel Helmick | Springfield (W.T. Woodson) played in goal in the second half and allowed one goal with one save. Jake Davis recorded three saves in 90 minutes for the Colonials.

Longwood was led by Headley and Llana with one goal each while Bain added an assist. George Washington was led by Burke with two goals.

Longwood outshot George Washington 13-10 and had an 11-1 advantage on corners.