Terriers Earn First Conference Win, Defeat Lyndon 6-0

LYNDON CENTER, Vermont – The Thomas College men's soccer team won their first North Atlantic Conference match against Lyndon State College on Saturday, 6-0.  DJ Nicholas tallied three goals on the day.

Nicholas's first came in the 7^th minute off a through pass from Tre Ming. The Terriers took the 1-0 lead into halftime.

Thomas tallied their second goal in the 51^st minute when the Hornet's keeper saved a shot from Josh Emard but was unable to get possession and Nicholas was there to send it into the net to make the score 2-0.  Less than four minutes later, Nicholas would pick up his third goal off a through pass from Willie Clemons.

In the 74^th minute, William Nilson made a cross from the right side of the field to Kyle Fletcher, who settled the ball and drove a shot into the left side of the goal to push the score to 4-0.

In the 84^th minute, a header off of Ming was tipped towards Fletcher, who controlled the ball and let off a shot that was deflected by Lyndon's keeper and into the net for his second of the game. The Terriers capped off their scoring in the 89^th minute as Tre Ming received a lead pass from London Steede-Jackson, and got a shot around the Lyndon keeper to end the day's score at 6-0.

Thomas will play cross-town rival Colby on Monday, September 28 in a non-conference game at 7:00 pm.