LONDON — North Laurel jumped out quick on visiting Somerset, but couldn’t hold on, losing to the Briar Jumpers, 3-1.
The Jaguars (5-3-1) had hopes of building momentum off last week’s win over Southwestern, but Somerset had other plans.
“We played pretty well tonight and opened the scoring with Jaxon Jacobs scoring on a free kick,” North Laurel coach David Broyles said. “We did struggle on defense to contain Somerset’s leading scorer as he accounted for all three of their goals. Both teams went down to 10 men midway through the first half so everything was a little out of sorts. We hung tough, but just couldn’t get over the hump.”
North Laurel scored during the 18th minute as Jaxon Jacobs gave the Jaguars an early 1-0 lead.
The Briar Jumpers answered during the 22nd minute as Tyson Absher found the back of the net to tie the game at one apiece.
The game remained tied until Absher scored with a minute remaining in the first half, giving his team a 2-1 advantage.
Absher out the game away with his third goal during the 70th minute, as the Briar Jumpers locked up the win.
North Laurel will be back in action Thursday at home at 6 p.m. against Lincoln County.
