Big South Men's Soccer Recap - Oct. 11
Radford picked up its first Big South win of the season with a 2-0 home shutout of USC Upstate on Wednesday evening. High Point remained perfect in the conference standings at 4-0-0 (12 points), while Winthrop and Longwood played to a 1-1 draw.
RADFORD 2, USC UPSTATE 0 |
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Goals from Alex Kryazhev and Jared Dubose lifted the Radford men's soccer team to a 2-0 victory over USC Upstate at Cupp Stadium on Wednesday night. The first goal came in the 3rd minute, courtesy of Alex Kryazhev, who was in perfect position to steal an Upstate pass and he found the just the right angle to put it in the back of the net and give the Highlanders the early lead. The rest of the half was a continuous back and forth with both sides being able to get shots off but the scoreline remained 1-0 at the break.
HIGH POINT 1, PRESBYTERIAN 0 |
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The first half of the game was somewhat even, and both teams had chances but the defense on both sides were able to keep the opposition off the scoreboard. High Point ripped five shots in the first half to Presbyterian's three. In the 76th minute, Jefferson Amaya sent his corner kick into the box, and Finn McRobb came running in and headed in the pass across the goal to give the Panthers the 1-0 lead.
LONGWOOD 1, WINTHROP 1 |
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Longwood's Ethan Stevenson came through with a clutch goal, and the Lancers (4-3-3, 0-2-1 Big South) drew 1-1 with Winthrop (3-6-2, 2-0-2) Wednesday evening. The junior nodded home the game-tying effort in the 86th minute as part of a furious rally by Longwood. Simao Coelho served up a wonderful, curling free kick that Valentin Brandis headed across the six. Stevenson nicked it home to pull Longwood even. Winthrop's Rodrigo Ferreira put the Eagles ahead at 49:06 on an unassisted score.