Box Score Hickory, N.C.----The Wingate University men's soccer team (4-1, 1-0) picked up a 3-1 road victory over Lenoir-Rhyne University (1-3-1, 0-1) in the South Atlantic Conference opener Saturday night at the Moretz Sports - Athletic Complex. The Bulldogs' Fabio Azeredo (Sao Paulo, Brazil) finished with a goal and a pair of assists to lead Wingate, who won its second consecutive match.

Azeredo opened the scoring with the game-winning, unassisted goal in the 19th minute of action. Azeredo also assisted on the Bulldogs' second and third goals of the night by sophomore forward Peron Da Silva (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and junior midfielder Gui Andrade (Sao Paulo, Brazil) in the 27th and 50th minutes, respectively.

Lenoir-Rhyne finally got on the board at the 73:24 mark of the second half on a penalty kick by senior midfielder Oliver Worth (Sheffield, England). Wingate, who held a 19-8 advantage in shots taken on the night, held on from there for the victory.

The Bulldogs goalkeeper, sophomore Sanjit Kang (Mississauga, Canada), picked up the win after stopping three shots while LRU junior Stefan Dill (Southampton, Bermuda) suffered the loss in goal. Dill finished with three saves in the match.

Wingate returns to action Wednesday, hosting Newberry at 7 p.m.  Lenoir-Rhyne hosts Catawba on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.