Men's Soccer Southern Conference

Men's Soccer Capsules for September 25

ALLISON REACHES 100 WIN MILESTONE AS PALADINS BLANK CHARLESTON

MT. PLEASANT, SC -- Furman head coach Doug Allison claimed his 100th career victory tonight as the fourth ranked Furman Paladin men's soccer team defeated College of Charleston 4-0 at Patriot's Point.

Allison is currently the second winningist active coach in the nation with a 100-25-9 career mark.

"I've had a great opportunity here at Furman," said head coach Doug Allison. "I've been very fortunate to have excellent players who have come together to form some great teams."

Furman opened the scoring early against Charleston as sophomore Patrick Tanner opened the scoring in the fifth minute of play. Asgeir Asgeirsson beat a defender and took the ball from the wing into the penalty area. Asgeirsson's shot was deflected to Tanner who knocked home the rebound and gave Furman a 1-0 lead.

Sergei Raad made the score 2-0 just five minutes later. Asgeirsson sent in a Paladin corner kick that bounded around in the box. After efforts from Tanner and John Barry Nusum, Raad finally collected the ball and placed it past Charleston goalkeeper Wes Martino.

Clint Dempsey closed out the first half scoring by adding his first collegiate goal off a Sergei Raad assist. Raad beat a defender just outside of the penalty box, passed it off to Dempsey, who slid the ball into the back of the net for a 3-0 lead.

John Barry Nusum, recently named Southern Conference Player-of-the-Week, picked up where he left off last weekend by making the score 4-0 early in the second half. Nusum intercepted a pass from a Cougar defender, beat the remaining Charleston defenders with the dribble, and finally nailed a shot past reserve goalkeeper Chris Simpson.

"I'm extremely proud of the way our guys took their chances tonight," added Allison. "Charleston is always a very physical and tough team. It was good to come down here and get an impressive win, and it gives us the momentum we want going into the Clemson tournament."

Furman improves to 5-0 on the season and 2-0 in the Southern Conference with a win in an extrememly physical contest that produced 41 fouls and two yellow cards.

Furman will return to the upstate this weekend to participate in the Nike/Clemson Soccer Invitational at historic Riggs Field. The Paladins will take on Virginia Commonwealth on Friday at 5:00 and then Cal-Poly on Sunday at 12:30.

Scoring:
FU - Patrick Tanner (Asgeir Asgeirsson assist) 4:29
FU - Sergei Raad (unassisted) 10:00
FU - Clint Dempsey (Raad assist) 28:25
FU - John Barry Nusum (unassisted) 60:44

Shots: FU -18 CofC - 7
Corner Kicks: FU - 6, CofC - 2
Saves: FU -3 , CofC - 1
Fouls: FU -20 , CofC - 21

Virginia Tech Holds Off Georgia Southern, 2-1

STATESBORO-Blake Bironas gave Georgia Southern an early lead, but two Virginia Tech first half goals were the difference as the Hokies escaped with a 2-1 win at Eagle Field on Tuesday.

Bironas handed the Eagles a 1-0 lead at the 8:06 mark in the first half when he nailed his team-leading fifth goal of the season off a Tony Moffat pass. Bironas pushed the ball to the right of Virginia Tech goalkeeper Colin Kibler for the score. Martin Cunningham picked up an assist on the goal as well, his fifth on the year.

Virginia Tech came back just six minutes later with the tying mark. Ken Jonmaire beat Georgia Southern keeper Garret Lazenby inside the left post off a cross from Ty Enmark to knot the match.

The Hokies scored the eventual game-winner at 38:14 when Jeremy Parsels corralled a ball that had bounced off an Eagle defender and got off a quick shot to put Tech up for good at 2-1.

Georgia Southern had one final scoring chance with 2:15 to play when Jon Dunning redirected a Moffat corner, but Virginia Tech's Kibler made a sprawling save.

Virginia Tech finished the game with a 15-8 advantage in shots, while Kibler was credited with four saves. Lazenby had one save in the first half, while Krik Latibeaudiere gathered four stops in the second frame.

The Eagles return to action in the Southern Conference on Saturday as they travel to league rival UNC Greensboro. Kickoff is slated for 7:00.