msoc at radford
Joseph Burton
0
VMI VMI (5-12-1, 1-5-0)
5
Winner Liberty LU (6-7-2, 3-3-0)
VMI VMI
(5-12-1, 1-5-0)
0
Final
5
Liberty LU
(6-7-2, 3-3-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
VMI VMI 0 0 0
Liberty LU 2 3 5

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Men’s Soccer falls in regular season finale at Liberty

LYNCHBURG, Va. – The VMI men's soccer team fell by a 5-0 score to host Liberty University Friday afternoon in the 2026 regular season finale in Lynchburg, Virginia.
 
With the loss, VMI falls to 5-12-1 on the year and 1-5 in the Southern Conference while Liberty improves to 6-7-2, 3-3 in league play.
 
The Keydets will host a SoCon Tournament play-in game Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. in a rematch with Mercer University. VMI defeated the Bears last Saturday at home by a 4-2 count and look to repeat the outcome in the postseason.
 
Pablo Ares scored in the 11th minutes for the Flames (10:45) for what proved to be the game-winning goal. Ronnie Gorman scored his first of three goals in the match to earn a hat trick, the first coming in the 19th minute (18:24) to give Liberty a 2-0 lead at the break.
 
Gorman scored twice in the 48th minute (47:21, 47:59), both assisted by Javan Ochieng to give the Flames a 4-0 lead with 40 minutes left in regulation. Ochieng would go on to score 10 minutes later (56:57) for the final tally of the match.
 
VMI keeper Santiago Roch finished the game with 10 saves on the day.
 
 
 
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