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ST. AUGUSTINE – Flagler College played its first home match in nearly a month and enjoyed the home cooking as it rallied past a stubborn Georgia Southwestern State University side 3-1 in a Peach Belt Conference men's soccer match Wednesday night at Saints Field.

Flagler snapped its three-match losing streak, its longest such streak since the 2007 season, and improved to 4-3-1 overall and evened its Peach Belt record at 2-2-0. Georgia Southwestern dropped to 3-4-2 overall and 1-1-1 in conference play.

Jean Vega scored the equalizer in the 43^rd minute when he knocked in Marco Warren's through ball inside the left post.

Coming out of the locker room, Michael Amaya gave the Saints a 2-1 lead in the 55^th minute when he beat the Hurricane keeper to the left after a nice pass from Eamonn Moore from the top of the 18-yard box.

Simeon Wickli gave Flager an insurance goal in the 60^th minute when he headed in Jimmy Wear's throw-in from the right sideline.

Avery Alderman got the Hurricanes on the board first when he knocked in Jon-Luke Cannada's blocked shot in the 36^th minute.

Lex Craggs stopped two shots for the Saints while Garrett Blamire tallied seven saves for the Hurricanes.

Flagler out-shot Georgia Southwestern 23-6 and held an 8-1 advantage in corner kicks.

Flagler hosts the University of North Carolina Pembroke on Saturday (Oct. 4) at 7:30 p.m. at Saints Field in another crucial Peach Belt showdown. The last time these two teams met at Saints Field, Flagler came away with a 1-0 win which eliminated UNC Pembroke in the second round of the NCAA Division II Tournament.

Ga. Southwestern (3-4-2, 1-1-1 PBC) vs. Flagler (4-3-1, 2-2-0 PBC)
 Date: Oct 01, 2014  Attendance: 241
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 Goals by period       1  2  Tot
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 Ga. Southwestern....  1  0 -  1
 Flagler.............  1  2 -  3
 
 SCORING SUMMARY:
  1.  35:11 GSW Avery Alderman (2) (Jon-Luke Cannada) - off of blocked shot
  2.  42:02 FLG Jean Vega (1) (Marco Warren) - through ball to left post, tucked inside near post
  3.  54:27 FLG Michael Amaya (1) (Eamonn Moore) - pass from outside of 18 to #25 touch past keeper, pass to left post
  4.  59:09 FLG Simeon Wickli (2) (Jimmy Wear) - header off of throw in, throw to back post inside left post
 
 Shots: Ga. Southwestern 6, Flagler 23
 Saves: Ga. Southwestern 7 (Garrett Blamire 7), Flagler 2 (Lex Craggs
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