Lynn Men’s Soccer Sneaks Past Florida Southern

10/24/09

Lakeland, Fla. – Lynn University’s men’s soccer team escaped with a 2-1 victory over Florida Southern on Saturday night. Sam Craven logged his second goal of the season while an own goal in the 61st minute gave the 20th ranked Fighting Knights the win. Lynn improves to 13-3 overall and 4-3 in the Sunshine State Conference.

The Blue & White found themselves trailing 1-0 just minutes into the match after the refs awarded Florida Southern (1-11, 1-6 SSC) a penalty kick following a hand ball in the box. Alessandro Salvatore made the initial save off the ensuing shot but Givi Kokaia went after his missed attempt and knocked in the rebound for the goal.

Craven squared things at one at 15:12 of the first half with a header off a corner kick. Scott McCubbin out-swung his pass from the right corner and Craven jumped over his defender for the goal.

A little bit of luck carried LU to victory in the 61st minute. The Knights were deep in Moccasins territory on the attack when a Florida Southern defender’s clearance attempt deflected off a teammate and ricocheted into the net for a Lynn goal.

The Mocs gave one last push in the 80th minute when Jovaughn Howard broke loose in the middle of the LU defense and ripped a shot from 20 yards out toward the left post. Salvatore made a diving save to send it wide and the Mocs were called for offside on the follow-up attempt. Lynn eventually ran out the clock without allowing another shot.

Salvatore made three saves compared to Johan Jonsson’s four. Overall the Blue & White outshot the Red & Blue 13-6 while taking 11 corners to their three.

The Fighting Knights close out the regular season on Thursday, October 29, at 3 p.m. when they host longtime rival Barry. Fans can follow the action live by logging on to www.lynn.edu/athletics and selecting the “live audio” and “live stats” links. As always, all SSC home contests are available with live video streaming for free via the "live audio" option.

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