LAKELAND, Fla.—In their home opener against Sun Conference member Webber International, the Southeastern men's soccer team captured a 4-1 win to move to 2-0 in this young season. The Fire controlled the game from start to finish, outshooting the Warriors 9-4 in each half.
"We wanted to get some rhythm going, we haven't had a game where we've scored multiple goals so tonight was great for us," shared Fire head coach
Clay Roberts about his team's offensive outburst. "Really proud of our team, really proud of the effort, and really proud of the composure we showed tonight."
Southeastern scored first on a header by
Julian Hall just before the 19:00 minute mark in the first half. Joshua Ruckedschel assisted on the goal and the two would connect later in the half to put the Fire up 2-0 heading into halftime.
Hall commented on his first two goals of the season, "My main goal was just to get in front of the box, and when I get myself in the box I have to shoot and take attempts cause if you don't shoot you can't score."
Senior
Noah Richmond opened the scoring in the second half for Southeastern when he fired a goal into the lower right portion of the net for his first goal of the season.
Webber would score in the 77
th minute of the match, but the Fire answered back with just under eight minutes remaining when
Aitor Granero received a well-placed ball from
Randy Otoo and fired a shot just outside the box to seal the 4-1 victory.
Southeastern (2-0, 1-0 TSC) have a few days to prepare for their next match on Saturday, September 16
th when they host Pensacola Christian College at 1:00 pm.
