The Patriots dropped their fourth straight and fall to 4-6-1 overall and0-2 in the CAA.
Two minutes into the match freshman Anders Haugom (Middleton, NY.) putthe Monarchs up on an assist from Carlos Mendes (Mineola, NY.). With eightminutes left in the half, Tanner scored on an assist from freshman MichaelTooley (Richmond, Va.). Tanner scored again, to open the second half on an assistfrom junior, Tommy Barnicle (Liverpool, England). ODU's final goal came with alittle more than nine minutes remaining by freshman Brandon Baker (Parker, CO.) onan assist from Michael McCatty (Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada).
Tanner, the CAA Player of the Week, leads the league in scoring withnine goals and 19 points this season. Tanners 23 career goals place him in atie for sixth all-time in Old Dominion soccer history with Michael Edmonds ('79)and George Cruz ('76). Goalkeeper Connelly now has three shutouts this season.The last time the Monarchs started the season off at 6-2 was in 1992.
Today's win was the Monarchs first over the Patriots since 1991. OldDominion hosts East Carolina Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m.
Scoring Summary:ODU 2-2=4GMU 0-0=0ODU 2:31 Anders Haugom from Carlos MendesODU 37:22 Jimmy Tanner from Michael TooleyODU 50:17 Jimmy Tanner from Tommy BarnicleODU 80:11 Brandon Baker from Michael McCatty.Shots on Goal:ODU (23) GMU (5)Corner Kicks:ODU(6), GMU (3)Goal saves:ODU-Chuck Connelly (2), GMU-Jams Teixeira(5)