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Cameron Earls (Cropped)
Will Fagan
2
Pfeiffer PFU-M (0-1)
4
Winner Piedmont PCM (2-2)
Pfeiffer PFU-M
(0-1)
2
Final
4
Piedmont PCM
(2-2)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Pfeiffer PFU-M 2 0 2
Piedmont PCM 1 3 4

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | Troy Weiman: Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

Lions Earn 4-2 Win Over Pfeiffer in Back-and-Forth Game

NEED TO KNOW:
Score: Piedmont 4, Pfeiffer 2   
Records: Piedmont 2-2; Pfeiffer 0-1
 
DEMOREST, Ga. – Piedmont College's men's soccer team emerged victorious from a balanced game with Pfeiffer on Sunday afternoon for its second home victory in as many days.
 
The Lions (2-2 overall) struck first but had to score twice (plus and insurance goal) in the final period to earn a comeback win.
 
Senior CAMERON EARLS returned to the lineup and made his presence felt right away as he scored the game's first goal on a diving header in the 18th minute. The goal was the first of the season for Earls and was set up by a perfect pass from RICARDO RUIZ, who scored a pair of goals in Saturday's match.
 
Not long after, the Falcons caught a break when a long throw-in ricocheted off a couple of heads and bounded past Piedmont keeper CAMERON VERONA. The goal was credited to Caz Dabrowski but also appeared to hit off of a Piedmont defender last.
 
That goal changed the momentum totally in Pfeiffer's favor as Sam Stewart got one past Verona less than four minutes later to put the Falcons up 2-1 in the 30th minute.
 
Despite getting some good looks, the Lions couldn't score again and went into the halftime break trailing by one.
 
Not long into the second period, freshman forward MATTHEW LOFTIN evened the score as his free kick from straight away curled into the top left corner for his first collegiate goal in the 54th minute.
 
For the next 20 minutes, overtime looked like a real possibility, but a misplay from a Falcon defender lead to an own goal as the attempt to play it back to keeper Johvany Herrera was off the mark. Pressure from Earls and sophomore MALA JALLOW led to the misplay and gave the Lions the lead with less than 10 minutes to play.
 
Piedmont made sure to add an insurance goal as freshman MATTHEW FRANKLIN delivered his first goal after the rebound from Loftin's free kick bounced out to him. The fourth goal gave Piedmont the breathing room it needed to pack in on defense and finish out the non-conference victory.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
- The game was as balanced as balanced can be as the two sides each finished the game with 19 shots, seven saves, 13 fouls, and one yellow card. Piedmont added four corner kick attempts to Pfeiffer's three and led the shots on goal tally 11-9.
 
UP NEXT:
- Piedmont is back at Walker Athletic Complex on Wednesday, February 24, for part two of their season series with Birmingham-Southern. BSC won the first matchup 2-1 on February 17. Kick-off Wednesday is set for 7:30 p.m.

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