The Lancaster Bible College men's soccer team won its fourth straight game, and sixth straight North Eastern Athletic Conference contest on Sunday, as the Chargers defeated Morrisville State, 2-1 in Morrisville, N.Y.
 
Normally a house of horrors for the Chargers, Lancaster Bible earned its first-ever win in Morrisville, N.Y., as the Chargers are now 1-5-1 all-time at the Mustangs' home. Sunday's victory improves the Chargers to 9-6-1 overall and 8-2 in NEAC play, while the Mustangs fell to 7-7-1 overall and 6-3 in NEAC action.
 
Game Recap: Both teams had early chances, as both the Chargers and Mustangs recorded shots and corner kicks in the opening 15 minutes. After Morrisville State had several of the offensive chances midway through the half, the Chargers recorded three straight shots, two of which came off the head of Chad Tolson.
 
Morrisville State had the first half's final shot, but it went wide, and the teams went to halftime knotted at 0-0.
 
Lancaster Bible broke the aforementioned tie just 1:08 into the second half, as Tolson scored off a pass from Jared Jordan for his fifth goal of the season. The Chargers continued to hunt around the Mustangs' goal, as they took the next three shots as well, with Morrisville State goalkeeper Cody Welkley making two saves to keep the deficit at one for the Mustangs.
 
Four yellow cards (two for each team) in four minutes midway through the half interrupted an otherwise offensive-minded game, and after the Chargers withstood a late charge from the Mustangs, Tolson scored again, this time at 89:23, as he took a pass from Estiven Saldarriaga and netted his sixth goal of the year.
 
Morrisville State made the final 30 seconds of the game interesting, as Toyi Hakizimana scored with 21 seconds to play, but Lancaster Bible ran out the clock and avenged some past demons in upstate New York.
 
By the Numbers: Morrisville State outshot the Chargers, 17-12, and held a 9-7 advantage in shots on goal…The Mustangs also had a 4-3 edge in corner kicks…Lancaster Bible goalkeeper Jake Deterline made eight saves for his eighth victory of the season…Tolson's goals give him six for the season, doubling his total from a year ago…Jordan's assist tie him for the team-lead with four this season.
 
The Coach Says: "Today was just a really intense battle with Morrisville," Lancaster Bible Head Coach Tom Ardt said. "They are a strong team, and we were able to deal with their forwards pretty effectively, credit to the guys for earning another win on a back-to-back weekend."
 
Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 2-6-2 all-time against Morrisville State…The Chargers have now won back-to-back games against the Mustangs, having defeated Morrisville State, 1-0 last season in Lancaster…For the third straight game, the Chargers had seven shots on goal…Lancaster Bible is 5-3-1 on the road this season, and will finish NEAC regular season play with a 4-1 record on the road…The Chargers are outscoring opponents, 17-6 in the second half of games this season...Having already clinched a NEAC playoff berth, the Chargers can clinch the second seed with a win on Wednesday night against Gallaudet...Should the Chargers lose on Wednesday, they could still be the second seed, but will have to wait and see how Keuka finishes next Saturday.
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible will wrap-up NEAC play on Wednesday night when the Chargers host Gallaudet at 7:15 p.m….Prior to the game, the Chargers will honor their seniors.