LYNDON CENTER, Vt. - Lyndon scored two second-half goals Wednesday to rally past Johnson State by a score of 2-1 Wednesday afternoon in North Atlantic Conference (NAC) men's soccer action.  The loss, the fifth consecutive one-goal defeat, drops the Badgers to 2-8-3 overall and 1-4-1 in the NAC while Lyndon improves to 9-3-3, 4-2-1 NAC.

Josh Manchester (Ipswich, Mass./Ipswich), with his first score of the season, gave the Badgers a quick 1-0 lead at the 10:23 mark when he took a pass from Ryan Demars (Morrisville, Vt./Peoples) and deposited it into the left rear corner of the net behind Hornets' goalie Jason Gray (Thetford, Vt.). Johnson managed to maintain its slim lead into intermission despite being outshot 10-3 in the opening 45 minutes of play.

Lyndon knotted the score at 1-1 early in the second half when the rebound of a Kyle Mecham (Wilbraham, Mass./Minnechaug) shot found its way to Ben Taylor (Barre, Vt./Spaulding), who was wide open to the left of the Johnson goal. Taylor ran onto the loose ball and drilled as shot into the far side of the net before Badgers' goalkeeper Ryan Belen (Northvale, N.J./Northern Valley Old Tappan) could react.

Lyndon took the lead for 15 minutes later as Patrice Lumumba (Burlington, Vt./Burlington) took a clearing pass just over the midfield stripe and raced down the left side of the field. After eluding a Johnson defender, Lumumba got off a quick shot from about 20 meters out that found its way into the lower left corner of the net for the game-winner.

Belen turned aside a total of eight shots in the contest while Gray made three saves for Lyndon to get the win. The Hornets outshot the Badgers 22-11 in the game and held a 7-6 advantage in corner kicks.