The Charger men's soccer team earned their first victory of the season, defeating the Falcons of Friends University 3-1 behind Andrew Buchanan's two goal performance. Buchanan has scored three goals in three games this season.
 
"After we scored the first goal, we dropped our level and allowed them back to the game," said Head Coach Teren Schuster. "The performance was much better in the second half, we created more chances and ended up scoring the goals in the big moments today."
 
In the early moments of the contest, Mustafa Bilge Diya received a pass at midfield and made a turn with the ball towards the attacking side of the field. Diya sent a pass to Flynn Kopp who found Hugo Mariage just outside the box for a chance. Mariage shot attempt was blocked by the Falcon's goalkeeper Aron Ponce, but Buchanan played the rebound and scored to give BCU a 1-0 lead early.
 
The Falcon's leveled the score in the 19^th minute, as Eddy Rachedi found the back off the net off an assist from Yushin Kitada.
 
In the 62^nd minute, the Chargers upped the pace of play, as Axel Bjerke sent a through ball from midfield to Buchanan, who got past his defender and created a one-on-one scenario with the keeper.
 
Buchanan was fouled by the Falcon's defender inside the box, and scored on the penalty kick to put BCU back on top 2-1.
 
Filip Peters in the 64^th minute put the Chargers up 3-1 after he scored off an assist from Buchanan.
 
In his second start for the Blue and Gold, goalkeeper Philip Haenel recorded three saves in the contest. The back line of Alex Johnson, Lucas Monteiro, Herman Toftevåg, and Finlay Skilling helped limit the Falcons to the lone goal. 

The Cliff earned the advantage on shots (13-11), shots on goal (6-4), and corner kicks (3-2). 
 
"It was great for Andrew and Filip to get on the score sheet again for us," said Schuster. "We'll recover and get back to work on Monday."
 
The Chargers move to 1-2 on the season, and continue their non-conference slate as they host the Bruins of Bellevue University next Wednesday on Faber Field with kick-off slated for 3:30 p.m.