In their first home game of the fall campaign, the Lynx soccer team built on lessons learned from last week's game and played strong until the final whistle of Tuesday's game against Hagerstown Community College.

"We played them evenly for the first 40 minutes," noted Coach Tom O'Brien. The Hawks scored first in the waning minutes of the first half with a good finish that goalie Tim Wolf didn't have the chance to stop.

After halftime, the Lynx had a strong 25 minutes with some good scoring opportunities. "Then we lost our focus and our shape for 10 minutes and they made us pay," O'Brien said.

The Hawks scored three additional goals before the Lynx offense got a second wind in the final 12 minutes during which they scored two goals.

Grant Scibek scored the Lynx's first goal of the season in the 77th minute with an assist from Joey Brauer and Brauer followed quickly with a goal of his own in the 83rd.

With one player out due to a red card during last week's game, O'Brien explained that the Lynx played with only three reserves—Joseph Ebied, Colin Gorman and Kieran McMahon—who all "stepped up and played well."

O'Brien also noted that Eric Wojtkowiak and Abram Castanzo played well in the midfield and Aaron Ostendorf, Robby Wagner and Mason Hale played strong in the back.

Goalkeeper Wolf played a strong 45 minutes in the first half, "dominating his area and mixing up distribution to start the attack," O'Brien continued.

The game's final score was 4-2.

The Lynx play at home again on Thursday, Sept. 2 against Harford Community College. Game time is 4 p.m.