BOX SCORE

Center Valley, PA (September 25, 2010) – In front of another packed stadium junior Jonathan Balfour (London, England/Conestoga {PA}) netted two goals and had a third tally wiped off the board leading the DeSales University men's soccer team past Arcadia University, 3-1, in non-conference action on a gorgeous afternoon for homecoming at DeSales.

The Bulldogs started the scoring early just 1:25 into the game when Balfour seemed to take a long pass from senior Aaron Gildner (Slatington, PA/Parkland) and fired a volley into the right portion of the goal for a 1-0 lead. The game re-started but was quickly stopped as a linesman came over to talk with the field referee. The goal was taken off the board and a hand ball in the box was called prior to the goal being scored after the field referee had blown the play dead with the handball call before the goal. Junior Derek Long (Wernersville, PA/Conrad Weiser) then took the penalty kick and beat the Knight goalkeeper for the 1-0 lead.

That score stood into halftime as AU (3-5 overall) enjoyed a 5-4 edge in shots in the opening half. Balfour then officially did get into the scoring act 5:16 into the second half when he took a header from Long and fired his fourth goal of the season into the back of the net. Just over nine minutes later Balfour netted his fifth of the year off a back pass from senior Sky Rimmele (Lenharsville, PA/Moravian Academy).

Arcadia got on the board late when Dean Search headed home a centering pass from JP Hash to provide the final margin. Arcadia held a 15-12 edge in shots for the game and had a 6-4 advantage in corner kicks. Sophomore Adam Franczak (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth) made four saves and did not allow a goal in just under 80 minutes played.

The Bulldogs return to the pitch on Tuesday, September 28th as they close out its September portion of the schedule with a road contest at Alvernia University beginning at 7:00 pm. LIVE stats will be available for the game with a link on the DeSales web site.