CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College men's soccer team wrapped its 2013 season on Saturday night with a 3-0 defeat at the hands of the Campbell Camels at Edens Field at Martin Stadium.
PC ends the season at 3-15-0 overall and 1-9-0 in the Big South. Campbell improves to 5-10-3 and 5-4-1 in league play.
Campbell scored its three goals in the second half en route to the win.
After an evenly-matched first half, Campbell broke through in the 48th minute on a corner kick. Justin Franz's kick found Jhuvon Francis on the near post and the Camel knocked it in to break the deadlock and put the visitors ahead, 1-0.
Campbell notched another goal a little over 10 minutes later. Cameron Mulvey chipped a pass over the back line to a running Patrick Moore, who fired a shot high over a challenging Tyler Beadle (Douglasville, Ga.) for the score.
The Camels capped their scoring in the 79th minute on a Tunji Osifeso goal from Francis, after the Camel blocked a PC clearing attempt.
PC outshot Campbell in each half, posting nine shots in the first period and seven in the second. Josh Carter (Anchorage, Alaska), Matthew McManis (Greenwood, S.C.), Ian Dempsey (Madison, Ala.) and Nico Fazio (Roswell, Ga.) led the team with three shots each. Two of McManis's shots were on goal with headers from the freshman defender.
Beadle made five saves, all in the first half. The PC attack created five corner kicks in the second half as well. Freshmen Bobby Dukes (Irmo, S.C.) set a new career-high with 54 minutes of action.
At halftime, PC honored seniors Beadle, Fazio, Matthew Palma (Greenville, S.C.), Tanner Osborne (Lexington, S.C.) and Jordan Archer (Charlotte, N.C.). The five combined for 144 matches and over 12,000 minutes during their PC careers.
