BOX SCORE
REDDING, Calif. – In the season opener for Corban's men's soccer team and the first regular season game of head coach Aaron Lewis' career, the Warriors shut out California Pacific Conference member Simpson, 5-0, Saturday at Heritage Center.
With today's win, Corban improves to 1-0 on the young season and Simpson falls to 0-1 on the year.
Freshman Kemar Prince sparkled in his collegiate debut scoring a pair of goals and handing out an assist, while junior Arsinio Walker tallied a goal and an assist. Juniors Josh Hamilton and Derik Chaney also added goals, while sophomore Kellen Luey added a pair of assists to go along with an assist by junior James Williamson. Junior Steven Mason picked up the victory in goal after not facing a shot over the opening 45 minutes of play, while freshman Jordan Farr would also see time between the pipes registering a team-high two saves during the second half.
Corban would get on the board early when Walker teamed with Prince in the sixth minute for the eventual game-winning goal at the 5:48 mark.
Less than twenty minutes later, Prince would notch his second goal of the game at the 25:44 mark on an unassisted score that handed Corban a 2-0 lead.
At the 43:45 mark, Hamilton would cap the Warriors' first half scoring when he took a pass from Luey and scored his first goal of the year as Corban took a three-goal lead into halftime.
Just over twelve minutes into the second half, Prince would receive a long throw-in from Williamson before putting home his second goal of the afternoon at the 57:45 mark giving Corban a 4-0 lead.
Exactly twelve minutes later, Chaney would cap the game's scoring after he received a pass from Luey at the 69:45 mark and notched his first goal of the season to push Corban's game-ending advantage to five goals.
All the players on Corban's roster would see action during the game, as the Warriors tallied a combined 24 shots with 50% being on-target.
Corban will return to action on Tuesday, August 27th, against Bethesda University of California beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Warrior Field in Salem.