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Montgomery, Ala. - The Lee men's soccer team scored three second half goals to finish off a 4-0 thumping of Auburn Montgomery on Friday night.

Tanner Carter got the Flames going in the 40^th minute and they never looked back in dominating the Warhawks from start to finish. Carter scored off a corner kick for his first goal of the season.

Lee came out firing after the intermission as Alfie Coldron tallied his third goal of the season in the 48^th minute to start the team hat trick in the second half. The junior from London, England beat the keeper to the right to provide some insurance for the Flames..

Freshman Jared McWhorter got into the score column for the second time on the year in the 61^st minute as he scored directly off a free kick. The final score came from Samaan Williams who weaved around the keeper and fired into an open net for his third goal of the year.

Lee keeper Tristan Putnam was credited with the win and registered a pair of saves to earn the victory. Sophomore Daniel Hrenko came on in relief to work the last 20:11 and preserved the clean sheet. Putnam lowered is league-leading goals against average to 0.65 on the year.

Stephen Ingram started for the Warhawks and was pulled after allowing four goals in 64 minutes of work. Justin Presor entered for the final 25:48 and recorded a save.
Lee outshot AUM by a staggering 20-5 margin and placed 11 shots on goal to just two for the home team.

"I thought the boys played really well tonight. We had a very significant week of training on a number of levels and there was a sense that we were going to be very sharp tonight," noted head coach Derek Potteiger. "We were not perfect but we controlled the game in the ways we knew we could and so I was proud of the guys' execution tonight."

The win propels Lee to 5-4-3 on the year and 4-3-1 in the Gulf South Conference. The winless Warhawks fall to 0-6 in league play.

The Flames will wrap up the trip on Sunday afternoon as they head to Montevallo to test the Falcons. Opening kick is set for 4:30 p.m.

"We will enjoy this for a very short time as we have a big game sitting right in front of us on Sunday. We will need to recover physically and be very sharp mentally heading into the game against Montevallo," concluded Potteiger.