GREENWOOD, S.C. – On Senior Day Saturday at Van Taylor Stadium, the Lander men's soccer team hosted No. 16 Flagler – the PBC regular-season champion – and fell 2-1 to the Saints.
Flagler scored its two goals in the 22nd and 28th minutes but Lander got one back in the 39th minute in an action-packed first half.
Orran Mushet crossed the ball from right to left to
Chad Haynes, Haynes headed the ball down to an open
Omar Erwa, and Erwa buried the shot – the third goal of his freshman season.
Haynes came ever so close to netting the equalizer before halftime in the 42nd minute as Mushet sent another perfect cross to him in the box. His header went just high of the crossbar.
Greenwood's own Panagiotis "Panos" Migdalas made his first career start today in goal and had a few sterling one-on-one saves in 90 minutes while tallying seven in all.
The Bearcats had six corners to the Saints' four.
Eight members of the team were honored in the pregame ceremony:
James Docherty,
Archie Farquhar,
Carson Graves, Måns Klint,
Orran Mushet,
Vidar Rydell,
Drew Singletary and
Tal Torgeman.
LU – currently the conference's 5-seed – can still grab the 4-seed and a home quarterfinal game during the PBC Tournament if it can top Clayton State this Monday, Oct. 26 in rescheduled game from September. That match kicks off at 5 p.m.
