SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Despite a goal from senior
Malcolm McIntosh, the VMI men's soccer team fell 4-1 Friday afternoon to no. 3 Furman University in the first round of the Southern Conference Tournament on Wofford College's Snyder Field.
Christian Kraus had a hat trick for the Paladins, who scored two goals in each half.
How it happened:
*McIntosh headed in a free kick feed from junior
Alexei Royar at 65:06, his first tally of the season
*After a Kraus goal midway into the first half, Slade Starnes squeezed in a tally just six seconds before intermission
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Zack Murphy made eight saves on the afternoon
*The Keydets fired five shots, as
Cole Mooney,
Kyle Grant,
Colin Blandford and
Warner Collier joined McIntosh in the shot column
Despite today's outcome, it has been an outstanding season for VMI.
Some season highlights include:
*The program's first win against a Division I opponent since 2014 (1-0 victory over Radford on Sept. 19)
*Most goals in a game in 16 years (9-0 win over Regent on Oct. 11)
*The most goals against a Division I foe since 2012 (4-2 win at Queens on Oct. 25)
*The first
SoCon Player of the Week since 2002 (
Kyle Grant – Offensive; Dylan
Holbach – Defensive on Sept. 26)
*Mooney earned second-team All-SoCon honors, while Grant landed on the All-Freshman Team. VMI's last player to earn first or second all-conference honors was in 2015
*VMI's five wins is the most for the program since 2007
SoCon Tournament:
Furman will next face Wofford Sunday at 2 p.m. with the winner advancing to the conference title game next weekend
