Sunday, August 27, 2006

NGCSU FALLS TO ST. ANDREWS

Mount Olive, NC – St. Andrews Presbyterian College used goal by four different players to down North Georgia College & State University, 4-1 in the final game of the Sleep Inn Classic.

The Knights struck first in the contest when Corey Abbott took a pass from Jamin Ferris on a restart from midfield in the 17th minute.  Abbott chipped the ball over North Georgia goalkeeper Vince Neal.  The Knights scored again, just five minutes later, when Marques Norwood took a pass in the box from Gabriel Ortiz in the 22nd minute for a 2-0 lead.

North Georgia was able to get on the scoreboard when Jeremy Bouasy took a turnover in the box by St. Andrews to put the ball in an open net in the 37th minute.

The game stayed 2-1 until the 59th minute when Justin Garton scored on a penalty kick, beating North Georgia keeper Brandon Kirksey.

Ortiz added the final goal of the game in the 85th minute when he took a pass from Josh Buck in the box and punched it by the Saints’ defense.

The Saints’ Matthew Powell was named to the All-Tournament team.

North Georgia (0-2-0) returns to action this weekend in Morrow, taking on Queen’s University of Charlotte on Friday night at 5 pm. 

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