Center Valley, PA, (October 29, 2006) – Senior Randy Sturm (North Cape May, NJ/Lower Cape May) scored two goals to tie the all-time scoring record of 132 points and lead the DeSales University men’s soccer team past Lycoming College, 3-1, to earn the #3 seed in the upcoming Freedom Conference playoffs on a windy Sunday afternoon.

 

        The Bulldogs finish the regular season with an 11-4-3 overall record and a 5-2 mark in the Freedom Conference.  DSU will travel to the #2 seed Wilkes University for the opening round of the Freedom Conference playoffs on Tuesday afternoon at 1:00 pm.  Lycoming ends its season with a 6-8-3 overall record and a 2-4-1 conference mark.

 

        Sturm scored two goals including the game-winner at the 76:27 mark to tie Tim Riggs for the all-time scoring lead with 132 career points.  Sturm now has 54 career goals and 24 assists in his career.  He is the all-time leader in assists and ranks second to Riggs in goals (59).

 

        Trailing 1-0 at the half, DSU dominated the second stanza with three unanswered goals.  The Bulldogs were out-shot 18-13, but held an 11-3 advantage in the second half en route to the win.  Junior Rusty Riedmiller (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) had six saves, while Matt Klipp had three for Warriors.

 

        Paul Bocher gave the visitor’s a one goal lead at 22:50 of the first half when he knocked home a crossing pass from Dan Jackson.  The Warriors held a 15-2 edge in shots in the opening half.

 

        In the second half the Bulldogs took full advantage of the wind as Sturm tied the game at 68:27 when he scored on a crossing pass from sophomore German Reyes (Beach Lake, PA/Honesdale).  He tied the scoring record just nine minutes later on a corner kick feed from Reyes, his 13^th assist of the season, which hit the crossbar and bounced into the net.

 

        Reyes added the exclamation point at 87:43 when he took a long pass from fellow sophomore David Ackley (North Cape May, NJ/Lower Cape May) and scored his eighth goal of the season.