Box Score Maryville College's Payne Fisher blasted a goal past Piedmont's Kenneth Hearn in the 78th minute to give the Fighting Scots an exciting 3-2 USA South road victory over the Lions on Wednesday evening.
The Scots got on the scoreboard early when Fisher scored an unassisted goal just before the fifth minute of the match. MC extended their lead to 2-0 when Tim Baker found Thomas Palmer for Palmer's sixth goal of the season just before the 20th minute of the match.
Piedmont would not go quietly at home.
The Lions stormed back with a penalty kick goal by Vincent Thomas at the 27:54 mark and then just eleven minutes later the score was tied when Colin Little connected on his seventh goal of the season when he struck a blow from the top of the box, deflecting it into the net.
The second half was a battle of possession before Fisher broke free for the game winner, his third game winning goal of the season.
"We started strong but allowed Piedmont to get back into the game with some sloppy mistakes," stated Associated Head Coach Jon Baker. "We did a good job in the second half controlling possession to eventually get the game winner."
Piedmont falls to 6-8 on the season and 3-3 in league play while Maryville advances to 8-4-1 and 4-2-1 in USA South play. The Scots will prepare to host LaGrange College on Saturday at 2:00.
