VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. --- Virginia Wesleyan College's men's soccer team scored three goals in the second half Wednesday en route to posting a thrilling 4-2 victory over Lynchburg College in a semifinal contest in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) championship tournament.

The Marlins (15-4-1), undefeated in their last 10 contests, advance to the ODAC championship game for the second consecutive year and 16th overall. VWC, the No. 2 seed, will face No. 1 seed Randolph College (17-1-1) on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. on the WildCats' field.  Randolph defeated No. 4 seed Washington and Lee University to advance to the title game.

Lynchburg (11-6-2), the only team to defeat Randolph this season, trailed early against VWC after Josh Kemp stunned the Hornets with a running shot from 20 yards out on the left in the 12th minute.

The Hornets did not get many offensive breaks in the first half, but capitalized on two of them to forge into the lead. Tim Clancy tied the game with a short shot into the middle of the net after winning a battle for the ball with Marlin goalie Connor Kirkham in the 33rd minute.  Seven minutes later Lynchburg owed a 2-1 advantage when Michael Venegas connected on a solid shot from 10 yards out, assisted by Ben Grossfuss.

Lynchburg rode momentum into halftime with the lead, only to see it rerouted early in the second half.  Junior Isaac Arrington scored the first of his game-changing back-to-back goals in just 10 seconds into play.  He rolled down the right side, took a pass from Travis Walke, and fired the ball past the goalie and into the left end of the net to tie the game.

Virginia Wesleyan regained the lead for good in the 59th minute with Arrington leading the way again.  This time he scored from left to right, firing the ball into the net off an assist by Kemp.

The Marlins iced the win in the 86th minute when Walke connected on a shot from about six yards out, hitting it over the goalie.  Zach Landis assisted on the score.

Virginia Wesleyan outshot Lynchburg 22-9 and posted an 8-5 advantage in corner kicks.

Jonathan Sheffield finished with six saves for Lynchburg, while Kirkham recorded four for VWC.

- This release is courtesy of the Virginia Wesleyan College Sports Information office -