Blackburn Rallies for Tie Against Cornell

The Blackburn College Men's Soccer Team scored two goals after trailing by two to tie Cornell College 2-2 on Sunday afternoon in Carlinville.  Both teams are now 0-1-1 on the young season.

Cornell opened the scoring with a penalty kick at 22:53 to take an early 1-0 lead.  The Rams then upped their advantage to 2-0 on a nifty goal by Johansen Kean with an assist to Nolan Howe.

Blackburn cut the lead in half with just over three minutes left in the first half on a penalty kick by Pietro Lentini, the goal was Lentini's first collegiate goal.

Eight minutes into the second half, Blackburn knotted the score at 2 apiece on a goal by Lucas Rinderer with an assist credited to Bobby Nash.  The teams then played the final 57 of the match scoreless to end in the tie.  The Beavers had two good opportunities to late in the contest as Nash's bicycle kick went into the hands of Jerome Richards in goal and Lentini fired a shot that went just high of the goal.

For the match, Central out-shot Blackburn 19-13.  The Beavers return to action on Tuesday at Lincoln Christian at 5:00 p.m.