AMERICUS, Ga. – Three different goal scorers helped Clayton State (7-5-1, 4-3-0 PBC) to their fourth win in their last five games as they posted a 3-0 victory at Georgia Southwestern (3-9-2, 1-6-1 PBC) in an NCAA Division II men's soccer game on Wednesday, October 22.

Junior midfielder Avery Shepard (Suffolk, England), and leading goal scorer, got things started early as he connected to the top left corner of the goal off a pass from Sekou Thornwell (Atlanta, Ga.) at the 6:36 mark. It would take nearly 30 minutes for the Lakers to build on that lead, but build they would as senior midfielder Arturo Cruz (Atlanta, Ga.) found sophomore forward Bilal Nakhil (Paris, France) for a goal from straight away, making it 2-0 with 34:03 gone by.

After taking that margin to the break, neither team would find any offense for much of the second half. The lone score of the frame would come when sophomore midfielder Sean Morris (Cambridge, England) notched an unassisted goal from right in front of the net at the 85:11 mark. From there, Clayton State's defense would hold strong to preserve the 3-0 shutout.

Shepard, Nakhil and Morris notched solo goals to lead the Lakers will Thornwell and Cruz each had an assist on the day. Senior goalkeeper Nick Punter (Suffolk, England) improved to 5-5-1 on the year as he posted his fourth shutout of the season while making five saves.

Ron Calle had three shots, two on goal, to pace GSW while Brennan Bauschka, DJ Garrett and Caleb Graves had the only other shots on net. Joshua Swift faced 17 shots on goal in the net, allowed all three goals and made 14 saves in 90 minutes of action to suffer the loss.

Clayton State returns to action on Saturday, October 25 when they host USC Aiken at Laker Field. Game time is slated for 7:30 p.m. and will also be the Lakers' Senior Night.