Patrick Steger
Patrick Steger

Griffins Second Half Shocks Lightning, Earns Third Win on Victory

10/2/2012 12:13:00 AM

Box Score Lafayette Hill, Pa. – (10/1/2012) – The Chestnut Hill College offense was in full effect at Victory Field #1 this evening, as the Griffins earned their second Central Atlantic Collegiate College (CACC) win of the season with a 5-0 triumph over Goldey-Beacom College. Senior defenseman Anthony O'Connor (Philadelphia, Pa.) found the head of sophomore forward Channing Couillard (Jacksonville, Fla.) on a throw-in to deliver the Griffins the halftime edge, before four second-half scores sealed the deal in front of the home crowd.
 
After advancing the ball down the right side of the pitch, Chestnut Hill College (4-6-1, 2-3) scored on their ninth shot of the first half, when O'Connor fired a deep throw-in to an awaiting Channing crown at 35:30, 1-0. The Griffins carried their lead to the break, only to overrun the Lightning with four second-half scores. Junior midfielder Hernan Angulo (Lima, Peru) dumped the ball into the Lightning box for a long run from classmate, junior defenseman, Darius Gbunblee (Philadelphia, Pa.). Making a tremendous effort, Gbunblee centered the ball back to Angulo, who drove it past the Lightning goalkeeper at 56:13, 2-0. Less than six minutes later (63:02), sophomore forward Patrick Steger (La Plata, Md.) earned a penalty kick off a one-on-one with the Lightning goalkeeper. He converted the kick to put the Griffins up 3-0. With energy riding high, the Griffins scored again 2:46 later (65:48), when junior forward Robert Stocklin (Haddonfield, N.J.) blocked and scored a clear by the Lightning goalkeeper. A fifth Griffin goal came in the 88th minute (87:08), thanks to a twisting restart drive from junior midfielder Georges Beyiha (Yaoundé, Colombia), 5-0.
 
Four Lightning players recorded two shots apiece. In goal, senior Ignacio Farias (Marcay, Venezuela) and junior Carlos Meinhard (Caracas, Venezuela) both saw time, and split the Lightning's four saves. Farias played the bulk of the minutes (65:57) and took the loss.
 
Steger and Angulo triggered the Griffin attack with four shots apiece. Stocklin, junior midfielder Mushe Wamulume (Media, Pa.), and sophomore midfielder Matthew Kerns (Philadelphia, Pa.) each contributed three shots to the Griffins 23-11 shot advantage. Senior goalkeeper Michael Goldstein (Pennsauken, N.J.) manned the net and earned his first win (1-0) of the season in shutout fashion with two saves.
 
The men's soccer team hosts Felician College in their next CACC contest. An 11:00 a.m. kickoff in the Plymouth Whitemarsh High School Football Stadium is scheduled for Saturday, October 6.
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