W&M Men’s Soccer Shuts Out Delaware, 1-0

Brock Jones Scores for Tribe in the Fifth Minute

10/09/05 4:21PM

NEWARK, DE - William and Mary redshirt freshman Brock Jones (Ridgefield, CT) scored in the fifth minute of the game and junior goalkeeper Kris Rake (Flower Mound, TX) made four saves, as the Tribe men’s soccer team shut out Delaware, 1-0, this afternoon at the Delaware Mini Stadium.

W&M’s second straight win improves the team’s record to 4-5-1 overall and 2-1-1 in the Colonial Athletic Association. Delaware drops to 1-7-3 (0-3-1 CAA).

On a corner kick early in the match, Tribe sophomore Doug Ernst (Alexandria, VA) took a shot that was saved by Delaware goalkeeper Taylor Thames, but Jones was there to collect the rebound and put it back in for his fourth goal of the season.

That proved to be the only goal of the day, although both teams had solid chances late in the contest. W&M junior Jarrett Thomas (McLean, VA) had a breakaway opportunity with 22 minutes remaining, but his shot hit the left post and rolled along the line before being cleared by a Delaware defender. With four minutes to play, Delaware’s T.C. Young header off a corner kick just went over the crossbar, while Ernst had a breakaway scoring opportunity saved by Thames with just 32 seconds left in the game.

W&M out-shot Delaware, 11-9, while the Blue Hens held a 5-3 advantage in corner kicks. Rake had four saves in the game and Thames stopped five shots.

W&M returns to action Friday, Oct. 14 at 7:00 PM with a CAA home match against Hofstra.


Match Notes: William and Mary improves to 7-0-1 all-time against Delaware ... Kris Rake has two shutouts this season and has 10 in his career, sixth-best in W&M history ... His 177 career saves is fifth-best in school history ... Brock Jones is second on the team with 10 points (4g, 2a) and recorded his first career game-winning goal ... Doug Ernst started the game for the first time in his career ... All 19 W&M players that have seen action this season have started at least one game.

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