The fourth-ranked Thomas More College men’s soccer team capped an undefeated Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) schedule with a 4-0 win over Washington & Jefferson College Sunday at BB&T Field in Crestview Hills.
With the win, the Saints improve to 16-1-1 overall and 8-0 in the PAC. Thomas More will be the No. 1 seed in the week’s PAC Championship Tournament and will host No. 4 seed Westminster College in a semifinal match on Wednesday at 2 p.m. at BB&T Field.
With the loss, the Presidents fall to 9-7-2 overall and 4-4 in the PAC.
Thomas More took a 1-0 lead at halftime when freshman forward Suli Kayed (Union, Ky./Ryle) scored on a direct kick at the 44:37 mark.
The Saints increased the lead to 2-0 at the 49:23 mark when junior midfielder Alex Panaro (Lawrenceburg, Ind./Lawrenceburg) scored off an assist from senior forward Austin Juniet (Fort Thomas, Ky./Newport Central Catholic). Junior forward Brian Runyon (Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg) scored on a penalty kick at the 58:34 mark and the Saints led 3-0. Juniet closed out the scoring at the 65:10 mark when he scored unassisted for the final score of 3-0.
Senior goalkeeper Collin Harkte (Warsaw, Ky./Gallatin County) earned the win as he played 69:50 in goal and recorded five saves. Freshman goalkeeper Jeff Paulin (Alexandria, Ky./Bishop Brossart) played the 20:10 in goal and didn’t face a shot.
Thomas More out-shot W&J, 21-9, including 11-5 on-goal and won the battle of corner kicks, 6-0.
The 10th-ranked Thomas More College women’s soccer team shutout Washington & Jefferson College 3-0 Sunday at BB&T Field to clinch its fourth-straight Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) regular season title.
With the win, the Saints improve to 15-0-2 overall and 8-0-1 in the PAC. The Presidents fall to 14-2-1 overall and 8-1-0 in the PAC. Thomas More will be the No. 1 seed and Washington & Jefferson will be the No. 2 seed in this week’s PAC Championship Tournament.
Thomas More took an early 1-0 lead when senior forward Olivia Huber (Woodlawn, Ky./Newport Central Catholic) scored off a cross from sophomore forward Julia Flagge-Echols (Colerain, Ohio/Colerain) at the 8:51 mark. Huber scored at the 29:58 mark off another Flagge-Echols assist to increase the lead to 2-0.
The Saints closed out the scoring at the 61:10 mark when sophomore forward Abby Stadtmiller (Alexandria, Ky./Bishop Brossart) scored off a deflection for the final score of 3-0.
Junior goalkeeper Megan Barton (Florence, Ky./Villa Madonna) earned the shutout win as he played all 90 minutes and recorded two saves.
Thomas More out-shot Washington & Jefferson 14-3, including 9-2 on-goal and won the battle of corner kicks, 5-1.
The Saints open PAC Championship Tournament play on Tuesday when they host No. 4 seed Westminster College in a semifinal match at 2 p.m. at BB&T Field.
From TMC Athletics