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November 3, 2009
 BARBOURVILLE, Ky. - The Lions' men's soccer team eliminated the No. 3 seed, Lincoln Memorial University 1-0 Tuesday afternoon in the first round of the 2009 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Soccer Tournament. MHC improved to 7-7-4 on the season while LMU ends the 2009 campaign with a 10-5-1 record.
The only score of the contest was an own goal. A Railsplitter defender headed a ball back to the keeper at the 30:03 mark. The play of the ball caught Railsplitter keeper Michael Watkins out of position and despite Watkin's best efforts to make the save, the ball trickled into the net to give the Lions a 1-0 lead on the "own goal".
After taking the advantage into the intermission, the Lions and the Railsplitters each had numerous denied scoring opportunities in the second half but neither could convert those opportunities into a goal.
LMU out shot the Lions, 15-7 and edged MHC in corner kicks, 7-4. Alex Huckabee (Kernersville, N.C.) played all 90 minutes in goal for MHC and made seven saves. Watkins also played the entire match in the net for LMU and made four saves.
Mars Hill will face the winner of the No. 7 Newberry vs. No. 2 Wingate quarterfinal match. Friday's opening play of the semifinals gets underway at 3 p.m. at Manchester Meadows in Rock Hill, S.C.
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