Erie, Pa. – Billy Colton scored two goals, including the game-winner, as the Mercyhurst men's soccer team defeated Findlay 4-2 victory Saturday at home.

 

The Lakers improve to 8-3-2 with the win, while the Oilers are now 6-8 on the season.

 

Mercyhurst and Findlay traded goals in the first half, producing a 2-2 halftime score. The Lakers went ahead for good in the 65^th minute, as Arash Fahandezh sent a cross in to Colton, who headed the ball into the back of the net to make the score 3-2. The goal was Colton's 13^th on the season.

 

Michael De Rose added an insurance marker in the 78^th minute, dribbling around the defense and firing a shot from in tight past backup keeper Conrad Davenport for the Lakers' fourth and final goal of the match. De Rose now has scored two tallies in 2008.

 

Colton got the scoring started in the third minute, taking a through ball from Marty Powell and blasting a 20-yard strike that found the back of the net, giving Mercyhurst a quick 1-0 lead. 

 

Findlay answered in the 22^nd minute, as Myles LeGros headed his own rebound past Danny Mudd to tie the match at one goal apiece.

 

Tyler Emerick put the Lakers in front 2-1 at 31:43, catching the Findlay defense off guard with a quick free kick that rolled into the net past a stunned keeper for his first goal of the campaign.

 

LeGros equalized the match in the 43^rd minute, knocking in the rebound of a Nick Pahren shot, scoring his second goal of the game and fourth on the season.

 

Mudd made seven saves in the win, while Conrad Davenport, who filled in for an injured Daryl Lotz in the second half, stopped three shots in the loss.

 

Colton's second goal of the match was also his fourth game-winning goal on the campaign, a career high.

 

The Lakers were outshot 27-20 on the afternoon, including 8-7 in shots on goal.

 

Mercyhurst will play at PSAC West opponent Slippery Rock Wednesday at 7 p.m.