Young Harris, GA. -- No. 20 Young Harris scored a pair of second-half goals to top No. 9 Lenoir-Rhyne in a battle of top 20 programs on a rainy Wednesday night.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: #20 Young Harris 2, #9 Lenoir-Rhyne 0
Records: #20 Young Harris (4-0-0), #9 Lenoir-Rhyne (1-1-0)
Location: YHC Soccer and Lacrosse Field I Young Harris, GA.
STATS OF THE MATCH:
- Making his second career start in goal, Camden Coleman made a terrific save early in the first half to keep the match scoreless which is how it would go into the break.
- Young Harris would take five shots in the opening 45 minutes while the Bears were credited with two.
- In the 68th minute, Pato Padilla would net the game-winner as he chipped a shot over Coleman to break the scoreless tie.
- Saad Maziane would net an insurance goal in the 72nd minute for the hosts.
- In their first action of the season, Noah Tiefel and Jaime Poza led the Bears with two shots and one shot on goal each.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
- Tonight's matchup was the 4th all-time meeting between programs. In all four meetings, one of the teams have been ranked inside the top 10.
- However, tonight's contest was the first time both teams entered the game ranked.
- With the win tonight, Young Harris moves to 36-3-4 in their last 43 home games the last five years. one of the three losses was to the Bears in 2019.
- With tonight's game, Victor Cascon becomes just the 11th player in program history to play in 60 career matches for the Bears.
- Cascon remains one point away from 5th all-time.
UP NEXT: Bears will host Limestone to open SAC play on Saturday at 7:30 PM at Moretz Sports Complex
