Elon 2, Davidson 0
ELON, N.C. -- The Elon Phoenix men's soccer team netted a goal in each half and held the visiting Davidson Wildcats to just four shots all night en route to a 2-0 Southern Conference victory from Rudd Field on Sunday night. Elon, who improved to 5-2-2 overall and 2-0-0 in league play, has allowed just one goal while going 4-0-0 at home so far this season. Davidson dropped to 1-7-0, 0-1-0.
Justin Wyatt's fifth marker of the campaign put Elon out in front at the 21:38 mark. Wyatt's team-leading score came off a Clint Collins pass.
With just under 10 minutes remaining in regulation, Collins delivered a scoring pass once again. This time Collins took a pass from Brett Paschall and the two played a give-and-go with Paschall netting the second Phoenix goal of the evening. The score was the fourth of the year for Paschall and moves him into a tie for sixth place on Elon's career goals chart with 21. He sits two goals shy of fifth place which is currently occupied by Paul Bellacqua (2000-03) and his 23 tallies.
"The team showed well tonight," stated Elon head coach Darren Powell. "We scored two good goal to win an important conference game."
Elon keeper Clint Irwin turned away both shots that were put on frame by Davidson to earn his third shutout of the season. Robby Goldsberry corralled six saves for the Wildcats.
The Phoenix outshot Davidson by a 13-4 margin overall and an 8-2 advantage on goal. Elon earned seven corner kicks while the Wildcats were blanked in that category. Davidson was also whistled for seven offsides calls to none for Elon.
Powell added, "Now we're all excited and looking forward to playing the number one team in the country on Tuesday night."
Elon will take its six match unbeaten streak to the number one team in the land on Tuesday night as the Phoenix takes on top-ranked Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C. at 7:00 p.m. Davidson will return home to battle South Carolina at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening.
San Jose State 4, College of Charleston 0
San Jose, Calif. -- Nick Cukar, Ismael Ibarra and Julio Gonzalez scored four times on Corbin Waller to lift the San Jose State Spartans to a 4-0 win over the College of Charleston men’s soccer team in the Cougars’ last game of a two-game, west coast road trip.
SJSU of the Western Athletic Conference improve to 5-4-0, while the Cougars fall to 6-2-1.
Despite an 11-7 shot advantage, the Cougars ended the first half down 1-0.
Spartan midfielder Nick Cukar deflected a pass from Ismael Ibarra from the right side to find the goal for the game-winning goal (4:50).
In the 33rd minute, forward Kareem Yearwood sent a ball directed for the goal. Defender Oscar Monjaras cleared it at the last minute for a team save.
Yearwood and forward Zach Prince attacked the Spartans’goal, firing two shots a piece in rapid succession. Prince’s first shot was punched out by SJSU goalie Lewis Sweeney. He rebounded and sent another shot that was stopped just shy of the goal and cleared by the Spartan defense. Yearwood collected Prince’s shot and booted two balls toward the goal. The second shot sailed just high of the cross bar for an SJSU goal kick.
The remaining three goals came in the second period for the Spartans. Ibarra shot from the top of the penalty box in the 55th minute off an assist from Savio Carrijo.
Cukar added his second goal of the game and fourth for the season after Ibarra crossed the ball to bring the score to 3-0, SJSU.
The final goal of the match came when Sam Shore served the ball up to Gonzalez who took it down the middle of the field for the score.
The Cougars’ defense led by Doug Edwards and Ryan Kell held the Spartans to 20 shots, while Prince and Yearwood led CofC in its 21 shots.
The Cougars return home to host the Winthrop Eagles Wed., Oct. 4 at 6 at Patriots Point.