NEWBERRY, SC – Newberry Wolves fall 7-2 to the Mars Hill Lions in home opener.

OVERVIEW: NEWBERRY COLLEGE VS MARS HILL UNIVERSITY

SCORE: Newberry Wolves 2, Mars Hill Lions 7

RECORDS: Newberry (0-3-0), Mars Hill (3-0-1)

LOCATION: Smith Rd. Complex – Newberry, SC

RECAP: Newberry Men's soccer loses their home opener 7-2 vs. Mars Hill University. Forward Peter Plougmand of Mars Hill tallied four goals for the Lions, while Henok Awoke and Filip Tmusic both put one away for the Wolves.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

• Mars Hill got started quickly scoring the first two goals of the game in the 6' and 18'. Both goals were scored by Plougmand, and assisted by Bayly and Faus.

• Newberry got themselves on the board in the 18' after a needle threaded pass from Tomas Queiros, put in the back of the net by Henok Awoke.

• The Lions added another goal to the scoreboard in the 30' to complete Plougmand's hat trick.

• Newberry came out firing after the Lions goal, hitting the post on back to back shots from Awoke and Seraphin Guetan to keep the score the same at 3-1.

• Before the half came to a close, Mars Hill scored on a penalty kick to make it 4-1.

• In the 59', Marten gave the Lions a 5-1 lead off a pass from Bayly.

• Two more goals were scored by the Lions in the 73' and 76' by Bromage and Faus.

• The Wolves chipped away at the Lions lead scoring once more in the 88', with a goal from Filip Tmusic (unassisted).

GAME STATS:

• Shots: Newberry 6 (3), Mars Hill 22 (9)

• Corners: Newberry 4, Mars Hill 6

• Saves: Newberry 2, Mars Hill 1

• Fouls: Newberry 15, Mars Hill 18

NEWBERRY TOP PERFORMERS:

• Awoke: Goal (18')

• Tmusic: Goal (88')

• Queiros: Assist (18')

The Wolves face Tusculum in another SAC matchup, on September, 22nd at 4:30pm.