Fuentes' gamewinner lifts Bishops to 4-2 win over RMC

Rocky Mount, NC - Junior Lucas Fuentes (pictured) scored his third and fourth goals of the season on Wednesday, the latter of which lifted his North Carolina Wesleyan men's soccer team to a 4-2 victory over visiting Randolph-Macon College at Scalf Field.  Both of Fuentes' goals came in the second half on two separate occasions when the score was tied. The Bishops remain undefeated at 3-0 on the season, while the Yellow Jackets drop to 1-2 overall.

For the first time in 2006, Wesleyan found itself down a goal when RMC's Kevin Quinn beat Bishop keeper Renato Corte off of a Marc Welsh feed in the 35th minute.  It was the first goal allowed by the Bishop defense this season.

The lead was shortlived, however, as Wesleyan tied the game just 45 seconds later.  Freshman Edgar Zaldivar found Oz Otoo in the box, who lofted the ball over keeper Jason DePre's head for the 1-1 tie.

The game remained tied well into the second half.  Fuentes then connected on the first of his two goals, heading an Alimamy Kargbo cross past DePre at the 64:44 mark.

The Yellow Jackets answered with an unassisted Welsh goal in the 68th minute, but Fuentes put Wesleyan on top for good when he booted home a Ernesto Marquez pass with 12:37 remaining.  Freshman Kris Banghart added an unassisted insurance goal on an 18-yard blast in the 80th minute.

The Bishops out-shot RMC 28-5 in the contest with DePre recorded eight saves on the day.

Wesleyan returns to action this weekend at the Methodist College Classic.  The Bishops will take on Southwestern (TX) at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.