Pirates Submerged in Second Half

Southwestern hosted Christopher Newport University (VA) last Friday and lost to the Captains 3-1. The Pirates came out running in the first half and created many scoring chances but a flat second half sunk the pirates.

An early goal gave the Captains a 1-0 lead after the 4th minute but the Pirates played good attacking soccer, having 8 shots in the first half and being awarded 3 corners. The Captains were in a similar boat with 9 shots and 3 corners. After the break, the Pirates just came out a bit flat and paid the price as the Captains stuck two more in the back of the net to put the game out of reach.

The Pirates did fight until the end, where they got a goal from first year forward, Morgan Knobel (College Station, TX). Fernando Leon (Dallas, TX) served a great ball into the box off a corner, where Morgan Knobel skied in the air on the back post to connect on a header that drove the ball past the goalkeeper into the back of the net. In his first collegiate action and minutes of his career, he netted his first collegiate goal. Despite the 3-1 loss it was impressive to see many of the young guys keep competing and fight back to get a goal on the Captains.

The Pirates will be in action on October 3, which starts an important stretch of 4 straight SCAC matches. Friday they play host to the Colorado College Tigers at 2 PM. Then back to the field on Sunday, October 5, at Noon against the Kangaroos of Austin College.