Jackson nets winner on Sophomore Day

CUTHBERT, Ga. -- Sophomore Anfernee Jackson (Cairo, Ga.) led the Fighting Tigers to claiming their 10th victory of the season with his first career goal in a 3-2 Sophomore Day triumph past Oxford College of Emory University on Sunday, at Hord Athletic Complex.

By virtue of the victory over the Eagles, the Fighting Tigers (10-7-0) secured the most wins since 2004 and equaled the combined win total of the 2012, 2013 and 2014 campaigns.

The Fighting Tigers recorded a 14-7 advantage over Oxford-Emory in shots in the affair, including posting a 7-6 advantage on frame. Freshman Connor Heydon (New South Wales, Australia) registered a game-high three shots on target for Andrew.

Playing in his final regular season home game as a Fighting Tiger, sophomore goalkeeper George Cunha (Pompano Beach, Fla.) collected five saves in the win.

Andrew College opened the scoring in the 18th minute when sophomore's Marcos Soma (Coconut Creek, Fla.) and Dare Mayomi (Riverdale, Ga.) combined to play Heydon in for a 1-0 lead.

The Fighting Tigers extended their lead three minutes from the break when Jones found Mayomi on a corner kick. For Mayomi the goal marked his fourth career marker on as many shots as he maintained a perfect strike-rate in his career.

Andrew College would enter the break with a commanding 2-0 lead with a 7-2 lead in shots.

Twelve minutes after the break Oxford received an opportunity to pull a goal back when an indirect free kick was awarded in the Fighting Tigers penalty area. The resulting kick was blocked by Andrew's 11 man wall just a yard off the goal line in the 53rd minute.

The Fighting Tigers extended their lead when a trio of sophomores combined in the 70th minute for a 3-0 lead. Jones and Daniel Bile (Norcross, Ga.), combined to find a streaking Jackson down the right wing where the Cairo High School alum's chip over the keeper deflected in to the back of the net for his first career goal.

With Andrew dominating the score line Oxford was awarded a penalty kick during a corner kick in the 80th minute. Cunha blocked Norbert Schmidler's penalty kick attempt, but the Eagles leading scorer jumped on the rebound and put it past the helpless keeper for a 3-1 deficit to the hosts.

Oxford added a goal three minutes later as Andrew emptied its bench to allow each sophomore to be recognized in their 3-2 victory.