Posted: Sep 04, 2021
BREVARD, N.C. - The Brevard College men's soccer team (1-1) earned its first win of the Fall 2021 season with a 2-1 victory over Methodist University (1-1) in a non-conference affair on Saturday at Ives-Lemel Family Field.
Brevard came from behind to take the win over the visiting Monarchs who scored in just the third minute of the contest to take a 1-0 lead.
The Tornado defense would shut out Methodist for the final 87 minutes of the match, while the BC attack created a multitude of offensive chances. In total, BC outshot MU 15-7.
Trailing 1-0, freshman Vitor Braga created the equalizer on a beautiful offensive effort. On the play, Braga controlled a deflection, juggled briefly, then placed the ball past the Monarch goalkeeper to find the back of the net. It marked the first collegiate goal for the exciting newcomer from Campinas, Brazil.
The score remained 1-1 throughout the rest of the first half, despite several more chances for the Tornados who shot a total of ten times in the opening period. Defensively, BC blanked the visitors for the half as well, not allowing a single shot in the final 42 minutes of the stanza.
In the 54th minute, just nine minutes into the second period, sophomore Sam O'Callaghan created action in the goalmouth which resulted in an own goal by the Monarchs to give BC a 2-1 lead.
The Tornados would go on to hold off the Monarchs and protect their lead for the final 36 minutes of the match.
Five Tornados fired off multiple shots in the contest to keep the pressure on Methodist, led by forward Ryan Lynch's three shots.
Sophomore goalkeeper Thiago Leopardi (1-0) earned his first win in net for the Tornados.
Brevard returns to action on Tuesday with a non-conference home match vs. Southern Virginia at 6 p.m. at Ives-Lemel Family Field.
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