Bishop men suffer tough 2-1 loss at Christopher Newport

Newport News, VA - Christopher Newport's Brian Lybert netted a goal with 7:13 remaining in regulation to lift his Captains to a 2-1 victory over visiting North Carolina Wesleyan in Wednesday
night's USA South Conference opener. With the victory, 2nd-ranked CNU (10-1) avenges a 2-1 loss to the Battling Bishops in last season's USAC Tournament Championship. Wesleyan is now 4-6 overall.

The two teams fought to a 1-1 tie at intermission after NCWC's Javier Castrillo tallied a score on an assist from Staffan Alm with ten seconds remaining in the opening period. The Captains had held a 1-0 lead for majority of the half on a Winston Matthieson goal just 1:26 into the contest.

With neither team able to net the go-ahead score over the first 37 minutes of the second half, the stage was set for Lybert's heroics. CNU held a 17-6 advantage in shots on the night, recording nine shots-on-goal to the the Battling Bishops' two. NCWC sophomore keeper Benjamin Kruk turned in a solid performance with seven saves.

The Bishops return to action on Saturday evening when they travel to Ferrum College for a 6:00 p.m. match-up with the Panthers.

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