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Playing in front of its home crowd for the first time this season the Lee men's soccer team gave the packed crowd plenty to cheer about in a 3-0 blanking of Bellarmine University on a hot and muggy Saturday evening at the Lee Soccer Field.
 
Freshman Aidan Moore made the most of his first match on the home pitch as he delivered two goals in the convincing victory while transfer Palle Jespersen assisted on all three goals.
 
Jespersen helped get the Flames going as he sprinted down the right wing and delivered a dart into Owen Keck who knocked it past the keeper for his second goal of the season to get the Flames on board at the 32:06 mark.
 
In the second half Moore connected on his first collegiate goal as he flipped in a shot set up off a header from Drew Jackson. Palle Jespersen delivered a beautiful ball into Jackson to set up the score. Both players were credited with the assist. Junior Matt Chartier dodged a defender to start the run up to Jespersen
 
Moore put the sprinkles on the ice cream with a laser shot into the top left corner of net to make it 3-0 Flames.
 
"He (Moore) is just a pure goal scorer," said head coach Derek Potteiger. "You could see the excitement and passion he displayed after that second goal. Palle is a veteran player who knows how to make the right play and put himself in the right position."
 
Daniel Hrenko turned away a barrage of shots and was credited with four saves in keeping his second clean sheet of the year. The Lee defense of Jake Brown, Jonah Brown and Samir Williams played all 90 minutes to keep the Knights off the scoreboard.
 
"I thought our defense was very solid tonight," added Potteiger. "We knew Bellarmine was going to be aggressive and at times they made it difficult for us to get and keep possession but I thought we were patient and knew we could find some gaps. Up until this point I thought we played pretty well we just needed to see the ball go in the net and tonight it did."
 
The Knights out shot the Flames, 14-10 with Lee holding a 5-4 advantage in shots on target.
 
Bellarmine Keeper Connor Range tallied a pair of saves in the losing effort. The Knights had 10 different players attempt a shot in the contest.
 
Lee improves to 2-1-1 on the year while Bellarmine falls to 1-2.
 
The Flames will get their final tune-up before entering conference play on Tuesday as they host Young Harris College at 7 p.m.