GREENVILLE, S.C. (Oct. 9, 2018) – The Truett McConnell University men's soccer team dominated a nonconference matchup at Bob Jones University on Tuesday night. The Bears defeated the Bruins 3-0 to improve on the year (6-5, 2-5 AAC).

THE GOALS | BY THE NUMBERS

TMU outshot the Bruins by 21 (22-1). Giovanni Giraudo found the back of the net first following a corner kick taken by Joao Costa. Giraudo drilled the ball into the right corner of the goal giving the keeper no chance of saving it (1-0). The Bears also earned four more corner kicks than Bob Jones in the first half (5-1).

With a one-goal cushion, TMU came back out in the second half ready to dominate once more outshooting the Bruins by 16 (18-2). Costa led the Bears in the final 45 minutes of play with two goals of his own. Clancy Loudermilk found Costa's feet allowing him to strike the pass from 25 yards out. Costa's strike bounced off both posts and found the back of the net for TMU's second goal of the night (2-0).

Victor Clemente used great skill to get past the Bob Jones' left back in order to get to the end line to cut it back to Costa. Costa beat two more defenders in the penalty box to net his team-leading 10th goal of the season to further fasten the nonconference victory over the Bruins (3-0).

Overall, TMU outshot Bob Jones 40-3 (17 on goal vs. two).

COACH'S COMMENTS

"After a tough three losses on the bounce, we had to show fight and desire to push through this little drought," Head Coach Rob Miller said. "In the second half we certainly showed it and we saw some great soccer being played. Evan Gaffney and the defense stayed solid for 90 minutes to keep another clean sheet and we created many chances.

We want to use this win as a motivation to take into Milligan. This is a massive game for us and the team is moving in the right direction for the game on Saturday."

UP NEXT

TMU hosts Milligan College on Saturday, Oct. 13, at 3:00 p.m.