Two goals in the final 14 minutes of play led Georgian Court University to a 3-2 win over the Chestnut Hill College Men's Soccer team Tuesday night at Victory Field in Lafayette Hill.
The Griffins fall to 2-6-2 overall and 0-3 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference games. The Lions improve to 5-2-2 overall and 2-0 in league play.
Chestnut Hill got goals from Mohamed Bility and Emmanuel Sampson while GCU's Gijs van Eif led the Lions with two goals.
Max Bond finished the game with ten saves on the evening as he took the loss in net.
Bility got the Griffins on the board first launching a shot from the right side that caught the upper left corner of the net at the 16:15 mark of the first half. Van Eif tied the game at 1-1 at the 37:05 mark and the score remained knotted as the two teams broke for halftime.
The second half saw the Griffins take a 2-1 lead in the early in the 58th minute as Sampson took a pass from Bility and got it past GCU goalkeeper Lennox Blue LeBelt. Chestnut Hill was playing with a man advantage at the time due to a red card on a Lions player some ten minutes earlier.
The Lions picked up their offense after the 70th minute, putting three shots on goal (all saved by Bond in a six minute span. Van Eif finally got a shot past Bond to tie the game at 2-2 in the 77th minute.
GCU's Jack Pollintine Smith later broke through the Chestnut Hill defense and van Eif fed him a perfect pass for a clear one v one shot vs. bond at put it into the net for a 3-2 Lion lead.
Neither team got a shot off in the final 6:43 as the Lions hung on for the win.
For the game, the Griffins tallied 14 shots with five on net while the Lions had 13 shots on goal and 24 total. Abdoulaye Kamagate and Nitson Mboua had three shots apiece while Bility led the team with two shots on goal.
The men's soccer team returns to action on Sunday, October 4, 2026 when they travel to face Felician University in Rutherford, New Jersey. Kickoff is set for 6:00 p.m.
