EMORY, VA. - The Brevard College Men's Soccer team put together a dominating performance against the Ferrum Panthers Sunday afternoon in Emory, Va. cruising to a 4-1 victory as the Tornados controlled the contest from start to finish.
The Tornados would open the scoring late into the first half on a cross from sophomore Brock Tuttle (Harrisburg, N.C.) that was beautifully played to the foot of Gabriel Garcia (Vinhedo, Brazil) for the one touch opening score.
Brevard would add two more scores to open the second half as the blue and white made it 2-0 one minute and four seconds into the second frame as freshman Tyler Nelson (Hope Mills, N.C.) played a pass from Alexander Gerondidakis (Merritt Island, Fla.) that allowed the freshman to slip past the Ferrum back line and beat the goalie to the bottom left side of the net. The Tornados would strike for their third score just seconds later as Henrique Joaquim (Jundai, Brazil) played a deep free kick into the awaiting feet of Tuttle who found the back of the net to push the Brevard lead to 3-0.
Gerondidakis and Nelson would connect again at the 54:04 mark for their second strike of the afternoon as Nelson played a header to the back of the net off a Gerondidakis cross.
Ferrum broke up the BC shutout at 60:19 when Moore Dolue played a ball to Shamarr Perry that allowed the Panthers to break away from the Brevard back line and beat goalie Heath Turner (Kansas City, Mo.) for the score.
Offensively, the Tornados would dominate the Panthers controlling a 34-5 shot discrepancy as Garcia led Brevard with seven shots and four shots on goal. Tuttle accounted for four shots of his own off the bench while senior Ryan McPhillips (Glasgow, Scotland) racked up five shots, of which two found their mark. Additionally, 10 other Tornados accumulated shots on the afternoon forcing Panthers goalkeeper Derek Thomas to make 10 saves on the afternoon.
Turner played just over 60 minutes in net for the Tornados accounting for the lone goal and two saves while freshman Eric Lenhart (Asheville, N.C.) saw roughly 30 minutes in net in the teams winning effort.
Brevard will look to carry Sunday's movement into South Atlantic Conference action Wednesday September 14 as they travel to Harrogate, Tenn. for a 3:30 p.m. showdown with the Lincoln Memorial University Railsplitters.
