A three-goal first half lifted the Tusculum College men's soccer team to a 4-1 victory over Shorter University in action at the Stanno Tournament Sunday afternoon at Pioneer Field.

Simon Corell, Roberto Pimentel and Pablo Laguna scored in the first half for the Pioneers (3-1-0), who added a late goal from Cody Kammerzell. The Hawks (1-2-1) tallied in the 62nd minute on a goal by Irvin Espinal.

The Pioneers dominated play in the first half, taking the lead for good at 10:18 when Corell gathered a cross through the defense by Andre Bissmark and scored to the far post for a 1-0 lead.

Pimentel doubled the Tusculum lead to 2-0 at 18:34 as he received a short pass from Kammerzell and rifled home his first goal of the season. Laguna tacked on the Pioneers' third goal at 40:37 when he took a feed from Brandon Burney and blasted home his first goal of the year.

Shorter controlled the action for the early portion of the second half, but could not convert on several excellent chances. Their best scoring opportunity came on a header from five yards out by Robert Ochieng that Pioneer keeper Andy Goellner was able to smother on the line.

The Hawks finally cashed in at 61:30 on a quick strike by Espinal off a pass from Ryan Mcgouirk, and the Pioneers closed out the scoring with 1:19 left on the clock as Kammerzell scored his second of the season on a pass from close range by Dario Greiser.

The Pioneers finished the match with a 14-8 advantage in shots over the Hawks, while Shorter had a 4-1 edge in corner kicks. Both teams were called for 11 fouls, and Tusculum was whistled for offsides six times to two by Shorter.

Goellner finished with three saves in goal for the Pioneers, while Ryan Edwards made two stops for the Hawks in the first half before giving way to Austen Trevers, who saw five shots in the final 45 minutes.

Pimentel and Bissmark were named to the All-Tournament team, along with Ochieng and Augusto Barreto of Shorter. Also named to the All-Tournament team were Sindre Wello and Rurik Pereira of Carson-Newman along with James Abraham and James Smith of Lees-McRae.

Tusculum will open its South Atlantic Conference schedule Tuesday night at 6 p.m. at Pioneer Field against Brevard. Tusculum invites all past and current members of our armed forces, police officers, fire fighters, emergency medical technicians, first responders and members of the Rolling Thunder to attend Tuesday's match, which is being held on Patriots Day. These individuals will be honored at halftime of the contest.