Augustine Williams was on target as Charleston Battery defeated Savannah Clovers FC 4-1 at Patriots Point on Tuesday in the Second Round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
Williams, 25, registered his second in four matches in the new campaign.
Robbie Crawford, Augi Williams, Nick Markanich and Tristan Trager scored to advance the Battery to the Third Round of the Open Cup.
Charleston native Charlie Dennis made his professional debut for his hometown team during the victory.
The Battery now turn their focus to Saturday for a home league match against Hartford Athletic.
Scoring Summary
CHS – 36’ Robbie Crawford
CHS – 50’ Augi Williams (AJ Paterson)
CHS – 62’ Trager (Wynne)
SAV – 75’ Sanchez
CHS – 76’ Markanich (Wynne)
Lineups:
CHS: Apodaca, Booth (Williams, 41’), Cochran, Crawford (Archer, 58’), Kuzemka, Palma, Paterson (Captain) (Wynne, 58’), Polvara (Dennis, 72’), Rodriguez (Markanich, 58’), Schmidt, Trager
SAV: Barrow man, Bunting, Hargreaves, Hunt, Ierides (Quintanilla, 66’), Moyers (Villafrade, 77’), Pondy, Sanchez (Woods, 76’), Tait (Pomozov, 58’), Wichmann (Martinez, 46’), Wright.
The fellas were on fire and not just talkin' about the shirts 🔥#CB93 | #YourTownYourClub pic.twitter.com/0boIQ5YYCH
— Charleston Battery (@Chas_Battery) April 5, 2023
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