The Belmont Abbey men's soccer team received two goals from Matt Dolan and Ross Smith as the Crusaders defeated the Saint Andrews Presbyterian Knights 4-1 this afternoon in Laurinburg. The Abbey moves to 2-3-1 overall and 1-1-1 in Conference Carolinas, while the Knights drop to 0-6-0 overall and 0-3-0 in Conference Carolinas.

The Abbey doubled up the Knights on the shots count (24-12) as Dolan scored his first career goal in the ninth minute, finding the back of the net on a breakaway after flagging down a pass from Gianluca D'Agata.

18 minutes later, Ross Smith moved the advantage to 2-0 with a one timer, getting an assist from Dolan and D'Agata. 14 minutes later, Smith struck again, hammering home a shot from Stuart Kirk at the 40:22 mark to widen the gap to 3-0.

The Knights pulled one back in the 54th minute as A.J. Roberts fed Alex Smith for the goal, but the Crusaders got it right back nine minutes later as Dolan scored for the second time, banging home a rebound off of a save from William Willams. Conor Wells was credited with the assist.

Belmont Abbey won the corner kick battle 6-1. Louis Liberatore made three saves in the net before making way for Sergio Ramirez, who collected one save in the final 20 minutes.