Hornets Headed Back to NCAA Tournament

LYNCHBURG, Va. --- Lynchburg College junior Ryan Renfro (Forest, VA/Brookville) scored two goals as the Lynchburg's men's soccer team defeated Hampden-Sydney for the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) title by a score of 5-1 on Saturday.

Junior Jordan Clark (Richmond, VA/Monacan) scored the first goal for the Hornets at 8:38 of the first half off a corner kick from juniorShane Spanninger (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) to put Lynchburg up 1-0.

Hampden-Sydney though would tie it up shortly at 11:18 as Chris Whiteside netted it to score the game at 1-1. Renfro though scored two goals back-to-back less than two minutes apart at 34:30 and 36:26. Junior Kyle Symczak (Woodbridge, VA/Woodbridge) assisted on the first goal and senior Donald Hart III (Springfield, VA/Paul VI) fed the second goal to put Lynchburg up 3-1 late in the first half.

At 64:42, Hart took a pass from senior Stephen Brooks (Fairfax, VA/Paul VI) to put Lynchburg up 4-1. SeniorMichael Abbonizio (Maple Glen, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) scored at 68:15 off a feed from senior Zach Ward (Haymarket, VA/Battlefield) to give the Hornets a 5-1 lead to end the game.

Freshman Michael Releford (Blacksburg, VA/Blacksburg) played 79:08 and made six saves. Hampden-Sydney goalkeeper John Robert Plyer made seven saves on the day.

Lynchburg (15-4-1) is awarded an automatic bid into the Division-III NCAA Tournament and will now wait to see where they are headed. The announcement will be made on Monday. Further details will be available here as they are announced.

2010 Men's Soccer All-Tournament Team:
Jacob Hood and Zack MacDougall - Randolph College
Conner Pierce and Conor Starr - Washington & Lee University
John Robert Plyler, Jackson Parker, Andrew Berg - Hampden-Sydney College
Michael Abbonizio, Zach Ward, Stephen Brooks - Lynchburg College
Hunter Smith, Lynchburg College (MOP)

This release is courtesy of the Lynchburg College sports information department.