FEET OF STEELE

Tuesday, October 17

Fullerton, CA

3 p.m.

California Baptist University

Hope International University (Calif.)

10/17/2006 7:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

FULLERTON, Calif. --- It took California Baptist more than a month to snap its 11-game winless skid. It's taken the Lancers less than a week to start a new streak.

The Lancers, who were coming off a stunning 2-1 win over Westmont Saturday, scored 3 times in a 14 minute span late in the second half to post a come-from-behind, 4-2, win Tuesday at Hope International. It was the Lancers' first win on the road in 8 games this year.

The win is the Lancers' second straight as they improve to 3-10-1 overall, 2-4-1 (7 points) GSAC. The Royals, who last week, upended No. 7 Azusa Pacific, fall to 3-10, 2-5 (6 points).

Freshman Spenser Steele, who scored the game-tying goal in the win over Westmont, scored twice and assisted on another. It was the first multi-goal game of his young career.

The Lancers out-shot the Royals, 20-5, including an 11-3 margin in the second half. However, the Royals wasted little time making good on what few chances they had. Kyle Corrothers blasted home a shot from the top of the box just 19 seconds into the match to give the Royals a quick 1-0 advantage.

Just 5 minutes later, Fashinu-Ron Nesbeth scored his team-leading fifth goal of the year off an assist from Steele. The goal was Nesbeth's first since Aug. 30. The Royals, however, needed just 5 minutes to retake the lead when Koffi Badohoun scored in the 11^th minute to give HIU a 2-1 lead it would carry into the locker room.

CBU turned up the pressure in the second half, but struggled to finish until Steele got the equalizer in the 74^th minute for his first of 2 goals in a 12 minute span. His second goal came in the 86^th minute, and gave the Lancers a 3-2 lead. Jose Solis assisted on both of Steele's goals, the second game in a row where he had a pair of assists.

In the 88^th minute, Federico Cino added an insurance goal, his first of the season. It was unassisted. The Lancers' 4 goals scored is their biggest scoring output of the season.