Coming off its worst loss of the season, the Lancaster Bible College men's soccer team responded in a big way as the Chargers defeated Gallaudet, 5-0 on Wednesday at Charger Field. The victory improves the Chargers to 5-6 overall and 3-4 in North Eastern Athletic Conference play, while the Bison dropped to 3-8-1 overall and 2-5-1 in conference action.

How it Happened: The teams went back-and-forth for much of the first half, though the Chargers had the majority of the offensive chances. Lancaster Bible finally broke through at 35:32 when Marco Patz scored his second goal of the season off a feed from Edward Bills. Some of the Gallaudet defenders thought Bills may have been offside, but no flag came up from the linesman and Bills sent a pass through the box that found Patz on the far side of the net and he deposited it into the back of the goal to give the Chargers a 1-0 lead.

Senior Jeff Edman doubled the lead just before halftime as Edman collected a loose ball on the right side of the box and fired a shot short-side that found the back of the net.

Lancaster Bible continued to control much of the play in the second half and extended its lead to 3-0 on a goal from freshman Dan Bewersdorff. Patz netted his second tally of the game at 72:23 off a feed from Caleb Nelson and Nathan Recalo scored 5:59 later to cap the scoring and give Lancaster Bible a 5-0 win.

By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible outshot Gallaudet, 15-3, including 9-3 in shots on goal...Lancaster Bible earned nine corner kicks, while the Bison had two...Patz now has three goals this season...Recalo's goal was the first of his season, as was Edman's...Bewersdorff's goal was his second marker of the season...Justin Stoltzfus and Eric Bailey also had assists for the Chargers...Lancaster Bible goalkeeper Vann Sutphin made three saves for his second shutout of the season...Gallaudet goalkeeper Noah Means-Simonsen made four saves.

Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 8-6-1 all-time against the Bison...The Chargers have won the last seven games of the series...Lancaster Bible is now 4-1 at home this season, while the Chargers are just 1-5 away from Charger Field.

Up Next: Lancaster Bible will look to continue moving up the NEAC standings on Saturday when the Chargers host Wilson at 4:15 p.m.