HENDERSON —The offense for the Freed-Hardeman University Lions is beginning the year strong, following a 6-0 victory with an 8-0 victory Saturday against the University of Heath Sciences and Pharmacy (Mo.) Eutectics.
Noah Setterberg got the offense rolling for FHU (2-0-0) in the first half after
Seabata Ts'emane's shot ricocheted off of the crossbar to a waiting Setterberg at 27:23 to booted in his second goal of the season. Not 10 minutes later,
David Okantey netting the first of his two goals after
Brandon Carrillo centered a pass back from the goal line to a waitin Oktaney to take a 2-0 lead at 36:27. A foul in the box in the 39th minute set up
Vicente Georgi to toe in the third goal of the match for the Lions to close the first half with a 3-0 lead. The Lions maintained possession a majority of the half, firing 12 shots toward the UHSP keeper.
In the second half, a beautiful tic-tac-toe play had
Thabo Mahlaha sending a through pass from the top of the box to a waiting
Jay Fishpaw who one-touched it over to Carrillo who buried FHU's fourth goal at 57:55 to take a 4-0 lead over UHSP (0-1-0). At 65:00, Mahlaha scored his first goal of the campaign, off a beautiful strike off of a free kick just outside of the box. In the 70th minute, Carrillo fired a shot toward the net, but just to make sure the point was scored
Paolo Sparks put boot on ball to take a 6-0 lead. After the Eutectic keeper lost control of the ball,
Saban Bell was there to knock in his second goal of the season at 74:23. Okantey put a nice bow on the match when a pass from
Cooper Magan led right to the Ghanaian's boot to tally the eighth and final goal of the match.
Between the pipes,
Orlando Whiteside, Jr. recorded the clean sheet making two saves. The Lions put up 23 shots, 14 of which were on target.
Up Next
The Lions face an old rival in the Toppers of Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) University at the Josh Riley Soccer complex on August 27 with a kickoff at 7:00 p.m.
