Shepherd University Athletics

SHEPHERD TIES LENOIR-RHYNE, 1-1

(Courtesy of Lenoir-Rhyne Sports Information)

HICKORY, NC -- Shepherd University and Lenoir-Rhyne battled to a 1-1 tie in men's soccer action at Bears Field on Saturday afternoon. The tie leaves L-R at 6-4-2 on the year while Rams are now 6-3-4.

Shepherd opened the scoring at 41:16 when Donald Fon (Silver Spring, MD/ Montgomery Blair HS) launched a shot just out of the box from the right side past Lenoir-Rhyne goalkeeper Jonathan Sandlin and into the net for the lead.

L-R quickly tied it at one thanks to senior midfielder Chris Penley's fifth goal of the year a little over two minutes later (43:26). With just 1:34 remaining before half, Penley drove a shot from about thirty yards out from left side of the field and over the head of Shepherd goalkeeper Robert Pence (Woodbridge, VA/Woodbridge HS) to make it one-all. Senior midfielder Blake Powell assisted on the play.

The second half was scoreless despite several scoring opportunities from both teams. Sandlin recorded five saves while Pence had a pair of saves for Shepherd. The Rams return to action on Wednesday when they host Hood College for a 3:00 p.m. contest.

Shepherd............ 1 0 0 0 - 1

Lenoir-Rhyne........ 1 0 0 0 - 1

Scoring

First Half

SU - Donald Fon, 41:16

LRC - Chris Penley (Blake Powell), 43:28

Shots: SU 12, LRC 9.

Corner Kicks: SU 8, LRC 4.

Goalie Saves: SU Pence 2, LRC Sandlin 5.