Furman 5, Wofford 0
GREENVILLE, SC - Eliot Paschalis scored two goals and Furman goalkeepers Bryan Amos and Derek Gleason combined for a shutout as Furman's offense registered its highest output of the season in a 5-0 victory over Wofford on Saturday evening.
The two goals marked Paschalis' second career multi-goal game as the sophomore from London, England recorded a hat trick last season against Liberty in the Wofford/adidas Invitational.
Tonight's game marked the first time this season that a Furman match was decided by one goal or less. All 13 previous matches finished as ties or were decided by one goal.
Furman opened the scoring at the 11:02 mark on Eliot Paschalis' second goal of the season. Paschalis won the ball after Wofford goalkeeper Joey Taylor misplayed a ball after coming off his line. Paschalis had a shot from 15 yards out that found the back of the net.
Furman extended its lead on Paschalis' second goal of the match. Brian Martin sent a cross into the box. Paschalis won the ball and beat the `keeper to the near post at the 18:11.
The Paladins scored at the 33:40 mark on an ambitious shot from Josh Villalobos. The senior received a pass from Rhett Abraham and took a shot from 40 yards out. The ball short-hopped Taylor and slipped through the hands of the Wofford netminder and into the back of the net.
Furman added another goal at the 47:07 mark on Brian Martin's team-leading fifth goal of the season. Dominic Cianciarulo's through ball found Martin behind the Wofford defense. Martin beat the Wofford goalkeeper with his first touch and sent the ball in the goal with his second.
Andrew Krysiak scored his first collegiate goal at the 71:04 mark. Sean Murry and Chris Davis played a give-and-go, then Murray centered a pass to Krysiak. The freshman drew Taylor off his line and slotted the `keeper to the far post.
With the win, Furman improves to 5-5-4 on the season, 3-2-0 in the Southern Conference. Wofford falls to 3-7-2 overall, 0-4-0 in conference action.
UNC Greensboro 1, Coastal Carolina 0
CONWAY, SC ? An own goal in the first five minutes of the contest held up as Jay Benfield recorded his sixth shutout of the season in UNC Greensboro’s 1-0 win over Coastal Carolina in non-conference men’s soccer action on Saturday afternoon.
The Spartans (9-3-0) won their fourth straight and seventh in their last eight matches. Coastal Carolina dropped to 4-8-1 with the loss.
Randi Patterson took a shot that deflected off of a Coastal Carolina defender and went into the net to give UNCG a 1-0 lead just 4:42 into the game.
That would be all of the scoring on the day as UNCG’s Benfield lowered his goals against average to 0.82 with Saturday’s effort. He also has an .846 save percentage after recording five saves against Coastal Carolina. Because of yesterday’s declaring of the Davidson match as a no contest, Benfield has recorded three straight shutouts and has not allowed a goal in the month of October. He is working on a scoreless streak that is two seconds shy of 350 minutes.