Mt. Pleasant, S.C. – Freshman Michael Channel netted a pair of goals to lead Furman to a 2-1 victory over Bucknell in non-conference men's soccer action at the Nike/Aaron Olitsky Memorial Classic on Sunday afternoon.

Playing in just his second collegiate match, Channell chipped a shot over the charging Bucknell keeper at the 70:47 mark to break a 1-1 tie and notch his first career match-winning goal.

The win improved the Paladins to 4-2-0 on the season while Bucknell, ranked fourth in the NSCAA's Mid-Atlantic Region poll, slipped to 2-4-0.

Channell, a native of Boca Raton, Fla., opened the scoring with his first career goal at the 25:20 mark.  The forward connected on an Eric Cobleigh cross into the box and directed his header inside the far post from eight yards out.

Ross Liberati knotted the match at 1-1 in the 67th minute for the Bison.  Liberati headed a Mayowa Alli cross past Furman keeper Maros Valko for his third goal of the campaign.

Alec Kann saved five shots for the Paladins while Valko came on in the second half to stop one shot and earn the victory in goal for Furman.  Tommy Casso, who saved two shots, took the loss for Bucknell.  Furman trailed 9-7 in total shots and 7-4 in shot attempts on goal.

The Paladins return home on Wednesday night to host upstate rival Clemson in a 7 p.m. match at Stone Soccer Stadium.

Fans can follow Furman men's soccer all season long with live statistics and game reports at www.furmanpaladins.com as well as in-game updates of home matches at www.twitter.com/FurmanPaladins.

Here are the all-tournament selections:

Sean De Silva - CofC

Shawn Ferguson - CofC

Francis Twohig - CofC

Sean Bateau - CofC

James Meyerkord - Lehigh

Austin Decker - Lehigh

James Graf - Lehigh

Nicky MacKain - Furman 

Jacob Brown - Furman

Ross Liberati - Bucknell

Travis Rand - Bucknell

Hertz, McKay Magel MVP Award:

Justin Fojo - CofC