Men's Soccer Defeats West Virginia, 1-0

Sept. 24, 2003

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The Providence College men's soccer team earned its first BIG EAST victory of the season with a 1-0 win against West Virginia on Wednesday, September 24 at Morgantown, W.Va.

Friar sophomore Eoin Lynch (Yarmouth, Maine) scored the only goal of the game when he converted on a penalty kick at 18:27 after a PC player was taken down in the box. For Lynch, it marked his first game-winning goal of the season.

Friar junior goalkeeper Jeff Newman (Northboro, Mass.) made six saves and registered his first shutout of the season.

With the win, Providence improved to 3-4 overall and 1-1 in BIG EAST play, while West Virginia fell to 4-4 overall and 1-2 in league action.

Providence College returns to action on Saturday, September 27 against Seton Hall at PC's Glay Field at 1:00 p.m.

at Morgantown, W.Va.

Providence (3-4)    1   0   --  1West Virginia (4-4) 0   0   --  0
SCORING:  PC Eoin Lynch (penalty kick) 18:27.
SAVES:  PC, Jeff Newman 6 (90:00):WV, Nick Noble 1 (79:34), Adam Shutler 0 (10:26)

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