BANNER ELK—The No. 7 and top seeded Lees-McRae College men's soccer team defeated No. 8 seed St. Andrews Presbyterian College 8-0 in the quarterfinals of the 2009 Conference Carolinas Tournament.

With the win, The Bobcats improve to 15-1-1 overall and advance to the semifinals, which will be held Friday at 7 p.m. at home against fifth seed Coker. St. Andrews' season ends with a 5-12-0 record. LMC was ranked No. 1 in the country up until the NSCAA/adidas national poll was released on Tuesday after suffering the team’s only loss of the season this past weekend.

The Knights men's soccer senior class accumulated a winning record (35-34-7) in their four years at St. Andrews

SAPC sophomore goalkeeper William Williams made eight saves, five in the second half. Senior Tamas Szalai had the only shot on goal for the Royal Blue & White.

Lees-McRae got on the scoreboard in the fourth minute when Jamie Price sent a cross into the box to Richard Guffens. Guffens brought the ball out of the air and finished to give the Bobcats a 1-0 lead.

Four minutes later, Parker connected with a corner kick from Luke Staats to make 2-0. Eight minutes later on another Bobcat corner Staats found Price who played a quality cross to Guffens on the post for the goal.

The fourth goal came just two minutes later in the 19th minute, when Luke Perry played a pass to Sam Kennedy who laid it off to Boracic. Boracic launched a laser to the near post for the goal. Boracic struck again three minutes later on a Guffens assist. Guffens intercepted the St. Andrews' goal kick and played the ball to a streaking Boracic for the one-timer to make it 5-0.

The Bobcat scored their final goal of the first half when Jamie Bladen put a left footed shot into the net to make it 6-0 at the break.

Reiko Trott scored the first goal of the second half and his goal of the season. The goal came on a through pass from Grant Elder. The eighth and final goal of the match came on an own goal from a St. Andrews defender in the 86th minute.

Seniors Paradise and Lawrence combined for the shutout with Lawrence making the only save for the Bobcats.

Lees-McRae outshot St. Andrews 30-3 and held a 10-1 corner kick advantage. The Bobcats front line was called offsides 16 times in the match.