MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN (September 28, 2005)---The Milligan College men’s soccer team defeated the visiting Pikeville (Ky.) College Bears by a score of 13-0 on Wednesday night at Anglin Field.

Sophomore Kyle Wilcox (Indianapolis, Ind.) got the scoring stared in the 7^th minute with an assist from junior David Lilly (Coatbridge, Scotland).

Lilly also assisted Milligan’s next two goals; one to sophomore Kofi Frimpong (Kumasa, Ghana) in the 8^th minute, and another to sophomore Michael Negussie (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) in the 16^th minute.

Stuart Makinson (Franklin, N.C.) added to the lead in the 22^nd minute with an assist from Kyle Wilcox.

David Lilly added two goals of his own to stretch the Milligan advantage with assists from Josh Stephens (Jacksonville Beach, Fla.) and Justin Ciralsky (Plainfield, Ind.).

Sophomore Lee Schweizer (Mahwah, N.J.) closed out the first half scoring in the 44^th minute with another assist credited to Stephens.

The 7-0 halftime lead continued to grow in the second half with two goals apiece from sophomore Niikotey Ashie (Rockledge, Fla.) and freshman Bryan Mand (Sylva, N.C.). Ashie was also credited with an assist in the second half.

Josh Stephens and Johnson City’s Andy Ross also added second half goals.

With the victory, Milligan improves to 7-4 overall, and remains 4-1 in the Appalachian Athletic Conference. Pikeville falls to 0-7 in its inaugural season.

Milligan will continue its season Friday, Sept. 30, at home in an AAC match up with Bluefield College. That game will begin at 3 p.m.