AMERICUS, Ga. – Pedro Silva scored a pair of goals while Jonny Cosgrove added a goal and an assist as Flagler College cruised past Georgia Southwestern State University 5-1 in a Peach Belt Conference men's soccer match Wednesday afternoon at Hurricane Field.
 
Flagler improved to 3-2-1 overall and 3-1-0 in the Peach Belt. Georgia Southwestern fell to 1-5-2 overall and 0-2-1 in conference play.

In four of Flagler's six matches this season, the Saints have scored at least one goal in the first half. Silva scored the first of his two goals in the ninth minute to give Flagler an early 1-0 lead.
 
In the 29^th minute, Erlend Lofsgaard booted in a penalty kick to move the lead to 2-0.
 
In the second half, Cosgrove scored off of a pass from Marco Warren in the 55^th minute.


Just 43 second after the Hurricanes made it 3-1, Silva scored his second goal of the day, unassisted, in the 77^th minute.

Oscar Davidsson capped the scoring as he knocked in Cosgrove's cross into the top left corner of the goal in the 87^th minute.
 
Lex Craggs tallied six saves for the Saints while his counterpart, Joshua Swift, saved nine shots for the Hurricanes.

Flagler out-shot Georgia Southwestern 25-17 and held a 12-8 edge in corner kicks.

Up next for the Saints will be another road trip, this time at the University of North Carolina Pembroke on Saturday (Oct. 3) at 7:30 p.m.   

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