The Lancaster Bible men's soccer team's win streak is alive and well as the Chargers took down Gallaudet, 3-1 on Saturday in the nation's capital to extend the streak to five games and the team's unbeaten streak to six. Lancaster Bible is now 8-2-3 overall and 5-2-1 in North Eastern Athletic Conference play.Â
How it Happened: Lancaster Bible controlled play throughout the first half as the Chargers outshot the Bison, 11-2. Senior
Josiah Groff got the Chargers on the board 17:45 into the game as he took a feed from fellow senior
Nathan Grimley off a free kick and directed the ball past the Gallaudet goalkeeper. The goal was Groff's 10th of the season, while the assist was Grimley's first of the 2015 campaign.
The score remained the same until the 71st minute when Gallaudet's Conrad Baer got the first ball past Lancaster Bible goalkeeper
Josue Bosque in a week to tie the game at 1-1. The goal snapped a scoreless streak of 303 minutes for Bosque and put the Chargers in the frustrating position of having dominated the game, but having little to show for it.
Sophomore
Edward Bills restored the Chargers' one-goal lead 10 minutes later as he converted Groff's pass into his third game-winning goal of the season. Groff put the game away with 46 seconds to play as he scored off a pass from freshman
Jared Jordan. The assist was the first point of Jordan's collegiate career.
By the Numbers: Bosque made two saves as he improved to 6-0-1 this season...Lancaster Bible outshot the Bison, 23-6 for the game...Groff finished with two goals and an assist and his five points tie a career-high that he set on Sept. 18 against Wells.
The Coach Says: "Gallaudet is a good defensive team and we had a tough time getting around the wall that they built up, but we eventually found a way and were able to put some balls into the net," Lancaster Bible Head Coach
Tom Ardt said. "Defensively, we did enough and didn't allow many chances, but we can still execute better in all parts of our game. I thought we had good leadership from our captains today and
Eric Bailey did a great job around the ball and in the midfield today."
Information Hodge Podge: Groff is just the 19th person in program history to score 11 goals in a single season...Groff's 11 goals and 26 points lead the NEAC...Lancaster Bible is now 6-6-1 all-time against Gallaudet...The Chargers improved to 5-0-1 on the road this season...Bills has four goals this season and three of them are game-winners.
Up Next: Lancaster Bible is off until Thursday when the Chargers will host Penn St. Abington at 2 p.m.
