Food Lion SAC Men's Soccer Championship: Tusculum Advances
November 5, 2002

Courtesy Tusculum College Sports Information Office

Hopkins Gets Nine Points in No. 1 Tusculum's 8-0 Triumph Against No. 8 Newberry

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. -- Tusculum College sophomore Paul Hopkins (Portsmouth, England) scored three goals with three assists for nine points as the No. 1 seed Pioneers downed No. 8 seed Newberry College 8-0 in the first round of the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament Tuesday afternoon at Pioneer Field. Hopkins' nine points is a single-game SAC best this season.

Newberry, who was coming off a stunning 2-1 upset over Presbyterian College on Saturday, played the Pioneers tough the first 45 minutes. TC led 2-0 at halftime on goals from senior David Ormesher (Brisbane, Australia) at 12:32 and Hopkins at the 43:53 mark.

Hopkins completed his natural hat-trick in the 52nd and 59th minute, one-timing crosses into the net each time. Hopkins now has 28 goals and 69 points which are the second-best single-season totals in SAC history.

Ormesher notched a hat-trick of his own thanks to assists from Hopkins and sophomore Matt Rouse (Woodstock, Ontario) in the second half. Freshman Jeremy Partin (Germantown, Ohio) added two goals in the last seven minutes of the match.

Tusculum's Tony Swaminathan (Brampton, Ontario) gets the win in goal, facing no shots. Freshman Joey Tuk (Charleston, S.C.) made eight saves for the Indians (6-15).

The Pioneers (16-2-1) move on to the semifinals where they will face the winner of No. 4 Mars Hill College/No. 5 Catawba College on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. at Pioneer Field.

#8 Newberry (6-15)    0 0 - 0 
#1 Tusculum (16-2-1)  2 6 - 8

Scoring Summary
TC - David Ormesher (Paul Hopkins), 12:32
TC - Paul Hopkins (Matt Rouse), 43:53
TC - Paul Hopkins (Gerald Watt), 52:29
TC - Paul Hopkins (David Ormesher, Gerald Watt), 59:14
TC - David Ormesher (Paul Hopkins), 63:26
TC - David Ormesher (Paul Hopkins, Matt Rouse), 80:15
TC - Jeremy Partin (Matt Rouse), 83:03
TC - Jeremy Partin (David Ormesher), 86:30

Shots: TC 30, NC 0

Corner Kicks: TC 7, NC 3

Fouls: TC 11, NC 10

Offsides: TC 4, NC 0

Goalkeeping TC - Tony Swaminathan (0 saves, 0 GA, 90 min.) NC - Joey Tuk (8 saves, 8 GA, 90 min.)

A - 129