MSOC: Lancers return from Campbell high in standings
Two Lancers scored their first goals of the season on the way to Longwood’s first Big South victory, taking down the Campbell University Camels 2-1.
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Two Lancers scored their first goals of the season on the way to Longwood’s first Big South victory, taking down the Campbell University Camels 2-1.
Collectively, Longwood men’s and women’s cross country competed in their 8K and 6K runs, respectively, against top-ranked teams like No. 26 Florida State and Virginia Tech, who received votes in the latest national coaches poll.
In their second off-season showing, Longwood tied Towson University for second place, averaging a score of 77.5 across the span of a three-round tournament on Navy’s par-72 course.
In a tournament hosted by Division III Christopher Newport University (CNU), Longwood men’s tennis faced not only the Captains, but also Division I Norfolk State and Division III Virginia Wesleyan College in singles and doubles play, winning the majority of their matches.
Within 90 minutes of play saw the official present five yellow cards and one red card, beginning in the first five minutes of the tense game ultimately ending in Longwood’s second straight home loss, a 1-0 defeat to George Mason University (GMU).
Uncommitted out of high school and unknown to collegiate soccer, men’s soccer’s late transfer from Old Dominion (ODU), Willy Miezan, joined Longwood’s roster as a mystery, a wild card.
The entirety of William & Mary’s bench stormed the field following sophomore William Esky’s goal, ending both the second golden goal period and Longwood’s hope of a win or tie as the Lancers laid sprawled in positions of dismay and disappointment. The final score read 3-2 in the Tribe’s favor after 103 minutes of play.
In a competition with 93 entries from nine different schools, Longwood placed third with a team average 28 seconds behind second place finisher, Coastal Carolina University, last Friday, Sept. 11.
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With six minutes left in the game, senior forward Zach Crandall and redshirt freshman forward Willy Miezan connected to score the late game-winner, ultimately upsetting Navy (2-2-1) 2-1 after an eventful second half last Friday, Sep. 11.
With the new school year begun and off-season schedule about to begin, 27-year-old Pierre Tafelski arrived ready to build men’s tennis from scratch as their most recent head coach.
With two exhibitions under his belt, Longwood redshirt freshman forward Willy Miezan came off the bench to score a hat trick in his first official NCAA-sanctioned game, leading the Lancers to their 4-1 win at home against the Virginia Military Institute’s Keydets (VMI) (0-1-0) on Friday night.
Sophomore defender Alex Waite scored the first goal for Longwood against UMW off a set piece in the first half.
Longwood center backs senior Michael Durr (above) and sophomore Marten Pajunurm led the back line in both exhibition games for a full 90 minutes.
Longwood center backs senior Michael Durr (above) and sophomore Marten Pajunurm led the back line in both exhibition games for a full 90 minutes.
In their second exhibition game against a lower division school, Longwood men’s soccer defeated the University of Mary Washington (UMW) Eagles 2-1 on Monday night, August 24.
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Longwood men’s soccer experienced a 2014 season full of letdowns as the team took a step back from their improvement the year before to finish with an overall record of 4-14-1.
Born and raised in Cairo, Egypt, sophomore Longwood men’s soccer transfer Sherif Maalouf experienced a different environment to develop both his body and mind.