Mars Hill, N.C. - The No. 25 Mars Hill College Men's Soccer Team (10-1-1, 5-1-1) shut out Lenoir-Rhyne University (6-5, 2-3), 3-0, Tuesday night in a South Atlantic Conference match at Meares Stadium.
Three different players scored for the Lions, who bounced back after suffering their first defeat of the year last Saturday to hand the Bears their fourth consecutive loss.
Mars Hill's Gregg Munn (Falkirk, SCOTLAND) opened the scoring in the 35th minute with the first goal of his career with a shot from 30 yards out.
Giovanni Malnati (Guayaquil, ECUADOR) gave the Lions a 2-0 advantage with a goal right in front of the net with just under two minutes remaining before intermission.
Stephen Bivens (Douglasville, Ga.) rounded out the scoring for Mars Hill in the 50th minute with a shot to the bottom right corner of the net.?
Isaiah Schafer (Lakewood, Colo.) assisted on the second and third goals for the Lions, who also held a 20-13 advantage in shots in picking up the shutout win.
Mars Hill's goalkeeper, Zac Scott (Pittsboro, N.C.), picked up the?victory after stopping seven shots.? L-R freshman Stefan Dill (Southampton, BERMUDA) suffered the loss in goal despite tallying eight saves.
Lenoir-Rhyne looks to halt its losing streak when it returns home to face Limestone in a non-conference affair Thursday at 7 p.m.
Mars Hill, meanwhile, travels to Bristol, Tenn., to take on King on Saturday beginning at 3:30 p.m.