Tusculum Wins Food Lion SAC Men’s Soccer Tournament Championship

ROCK HILL, S.C. -- The seventh-ranked Tusculum College men's soccer team captured its third Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament title with a 1-0 win over sixth-seed Wingate University on Sunday evening at Manchester Meadows, as junior goalkeeper Lance Moore set a new single-season program record with his 11th shutout of the campaign. With the win, the Pioneers improve to 18-2-1 on the season while Wingate falls to 11-7-2.

The two sides played a scoreless first half as Wingate held a 7-6 advantage in shots at the break. Neither team could break into the scoring column through the first 83 minutes, until Tusculum's Corey McPherson knocked his sixth goal of the season into the net in the opening seconds of the 84th minute. After Scott Lucky's cross found him open in the middle of the Wingate area, McPherson banged a curling shot into the back of the net of the far post for his third match-winner of the campaign.

Moore made six saves in the match as the 6-2, 185-pound goalkeeper notched his 16 th career clean sheet to earn SAC Tournament MVP honors. Wingate edged the black and orange 15-14 on the shot chart, as Luke Mulholland took a match-high eight attempts on goal. SAC Player of the Year Bruno Conceicão led the Pioneers with four shots in the contest.

The Pioneers now await the final seeding of the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Tournament, to be hosted by Tusculum next weekend on Friday and Sunday.