ANDERSON, S.C. - In his first appearance in the long-standing rivalry between Anderson University and Erskine College, freshman Magnus Larsen scored an 86th minute goal to hand AU men's soccer a 1-0 win over the Flying Fleet, while also giving the Trojans their first point towards their run for a third straight Beville Cup, Wednesday evening at Trojan Stadium.

With the victory, AU has won its last two contests and moves to an even 2-2 on the year. The win marks its third straight over its in-state rival as Anderson is now 3-1-2 against the Fleet in the last six seasons. With the setback, Erskine stumbles to 3-2 on the young season.

In the opening half, the Trojan offense shined and it outshot the visitors 11-1 in the period. Junior forward Andre Carle paced the attack with four shots for the first 45 minutes, while Larsen and senior William Treichler each tallied a shot on goal. Erskine's lone shot for the period came at the 25 minute mark as it troubled AU goalkeeper Bo Haug. EC's Silvio Braun fired a shot over Haug's head, forcing him to tip the ball over the goal for his only stop of the match. Braun's shot was Erskine's lone shot on goal for the evening.

In the second half, the Black and Gold's offense began to slow as the as it totaled just five shots for the final period. With just over four minutes to play, Carle made a run down the right side of the field and found Treichler in the Erskine box. Treichler flicked a pass to Larsen who headed the pass into the back-right corner of the goal. For Larsen, the goal was his second on the season after scoring the eventual game-winner at Catawba on Saturday.

The Anderson backline maintained Erskine's forwards, as the Flying Fleet entered Saturday with nine goals scored in the first four matches of the young season. The Trojans handed their rivals their first scoreless game, as the Trojan backline consisting of: Lars Zimmerman, Oliver Wright, Alex Delpy and Mattias Schyberg held EC to just four shots for the contest.

Anderson returns to action on Saturday when it resumes South Atlantic Conference play at Coker. Kickoff from Hartsville is slated for 7 p.m.