Quakers defeat Bethany 5-1

Five Quakers score in non-conference victory

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(WC Press Release) BETHANY, West Virginia (September 25, 2004) ñ The Wilmington College Quaker soccer team defeated Bethany 5-1 on Saturday afternoon, improving their record on the season to 7-1-1.

The Quakers wasted no time finding the back of the net in the game when David Benedict (Cincinnati/North College Hill) scored off of a Mark Kinsel (Canal Winchester/Canal Winchester) assist, giving the team the 1-0 lead. The team scored their game-winning goal with 20 minutes gone in the game when Ryan Phillips (West Chester/Fenwick) scored his first goal of the season, off of an Alex Van der Sluijs (Dayton/Carroll) assist. Bethany cut the deficit to one when Jon Zervos scored an unassisted goal, which was the last goal of the first half.

The Quakers scored back-to-back goals in the second half when Chad Garman (Dayton/Chaminade-Julienne) scored on an Eric Schultz (Cincinnati/Anderson) assist before Alex Van der Sluijs scored a goal on a Benedict assist, with the pair of goals coming just two and a half minutes apart. Greg Staten (Mason/Mason) rounded out the scoring in the game when he converted a penalty kick with 11 minutes to play in the game, giving the game its 5-1 final score.

Justin Saylor (Cleveland Heights/Cleveland Heights) was in goal for the first half, picking up the win, while Paulo Dos Santos picked up the loss for the hosts.

With the win, the Quakers improve to 7-1-1 on the season while Bethany evens their record to 4-4 on the season.

The Quakers take a week off of games, as their next contest is on Saturday, October 2 when the team travels to Otterbein to face off against the Cardinals with kickoff set for 2:00 p.m.