College of Charleston 2, Bowling Green 0
GREENVILLE, S.C. - The College of Charleston men's soccer team earned its second win of the season on Sunday as they blanked Bowling Green, 2-0, on the final day of the 2008 Furman University Diadora/Spinx Invitational in Greenville, S.C.
With the win, the Cougars move to 2-2-0 on the year, while Bowling Green falls to 0-3-0.
In the first half, the Cougars got off to a quick start when Matt Morris headed in his second goal of the season in the 10th minute of the match. Jake Helmig was credited with an assist on the play, his first of the year.
In the second half, the Cougars put the game out of Bowling Green's reach in the 77th minute, when David Munson scored his first goal of the season. Zach Prince picked up an assist on the goal, which was his third on the year.
Goalkeeper Brendan Smith earned his second shutout victory of the season after making a total of four saves.
The Cougars return to the pitch on Friday, September 12th when they have their first home match of the season against Ohio State at 7:30 p.m. The match is a part of the 2008 Aaron Olitsky Memorial/Nike Classic, which will begin at 5:00 p.m. on September 12th when Brown takes on Furman.
Old Dominion 2, UNC Greensboro 1
GREENSBORO, NC ?Old Dominion and UNCG combined for three goals in a span of 2:37 ? sandwiched around the intermission. UNCG took a 1-0 lead with just 16 seconds left before halftime off a header. Jokull Elisabetarson’s corner kick was knocked in by Charlotte, NC native Matt Elliott. It was the first collegiate goal for Elliott.
Old Dominion, which hadn’t scored in the first 335 minutes of its young season, countered quickly in the second half, however. Just 33 seconds in, T.J. Beaulieu scored from the top right corner of the box off of a feed by Nane Joseph to tie the game.
The Monarchs (1-2-1) took the lead for good with an own goal at 47:21.
Dylan Montambo started the play with a corner kick. The ball was intended for Beaulieu, skipped through Beaulieu and bounced off two UNCG defenders into the goal to give Old Dominion a 2-1 lead.
UNCG (0-3-0) had several chances in the closing seconds, but could not get the equalizer as it lost its third one-goal game of the young season.
UNCG returns to action next Friday when it faces East Tennessee State at the Elon Tournament. Action gets underway at 5 pm.
Winthrop 2, Elon 1 (OT)
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Matthew Skonicki scored the second of his two goals of the afternoon 3:22 into overtime to lead the Winthrop Eagles to a 2-1 victory over the Elon Phoenix from the UNCG Kickoff Classic on Sunday. Elon, playing its second consecutive overtime contest, is now 0-2-1 on the year while Big South favorite Winthrop improved to 3-1-0.
"I thought we played well and that our boys worked very hard today," said Elon head coach Darren Powell. "It was a hard way to lose against a very talented Winthrop team. We must regroup and get ready for our next match. If we learn lessons from these games then this team will continue to get better all year long."
Skonicki put the Eagles on the board at 15:50 after taking a long ball down midfield from Otto Loewy and beating Elon's Kyle Boerner for the marker.
The Phoenix evened the score at 1-1 just before halftime. Stephen Dilger scored the first goal of his career at the 43:23 mark by heading home a corner from Brad Franks.
After the two teams played a scoreless second 45 minutes, Elon got off the first attack in overtime. Justin Wyatt's shot just 2:20 into extra time was blocked. Skonicki would then put home the game-winner 1:20 later, again beating Boerner.
Statistically, Elon dominated the contest. The Phoenix out-shot the Eagles by a 14-8 margin overall and an 8-3 margin on goal. Winthrop was whistled for 15 fouls while Elon was called for only seven.
Boerner made one save while Winthrop's Patrick Mitrovich stopped seven attempts.
Elon will next play on Friday when it hosts the inaugural Elon Classic. The first match of the four-team tournament will pit UNC Greensboro against East Tennessee State at 5 p.m. The Phoenix will take the pitch at 7:30 p.m. against UNC Asheville on Friday night.
James Madison 1, Wofford 0
HARRISONBURG, Va. -- A first half penalty kick was the only mark on the scoreboard for either team as the Wofford men's soccer team fell, 1-0, to host James Madison Sunday afternoon at the JMU/Comfort Inn Invitational in Harrisonburg, Va.
Despite outshooting the Dukes 15-12 for the game, the Terriers surrendered the game's only score at 6:36 when Nick Zimmerman lined up from the penalty spot and placed the ball behind Wofford (2-2) goalkeeper Joey Taylor.
The Terriers kept pushing offensively and attacked for the last 15 minutes with nearly all the play controlled in the James Madison (2-2) half of the field in an attempt to find the equalizer.
Sophomore Wilson Hood paced all players with five shots, including two on goal. Classmate Armin Kinigadner also had two shots on goal.
Zimmerman led JMU with four shots, three of which were on goal, including his score.
Justin Epperson registered four saves in the shutout for the Dukes, while Taylor also recorded four stops in playing the full 90 minutes for Wofford.
The Terriers will return to action with a return trip to Virginia when they visit Lexington, Va., at 7 p.m. Friday to face former SoCon foe VMI.
Washington 4, Furman 0
GREENVILLE, S.C. ? Brent Richards scored two first half goals and George John added a goal and an assist in the second half to lead the University of Washington to a 4-0 victory over Furman in men’s soccer action Sunday at the Diadora/Spinx Furman Invitational.
The Huskies, 2-2 on the season, claimed the tournament title with their second victory of the weekend as the Paladins slipped to 1-2-0 on the year.
Richards opened the scoring at 8:50 when John played a diagonal ball to the right corner of the box. Richards took a touch past Furman keeper Josh Zimmer and buried the shot for his second goal of the season. In the 20th minute, Raphael Cox picked out Richards in the center of the box and the forward lined a shot into the right corner off of a counter attack to increase the lead to 2-0.
Furman owned the majority of possession through the middle of the game, but the Huskies managed to add to the lead at 65:14 when John’s shot from seven yards glanced off of the cross bar and into the net. Three minutes later Jo Jo Katz received a centering pass from Daniel Phelps and deposited the shot for the final 4-0 margin.
Furman held an 11-8 edge in shots but managed to put only one shot on frame to the Huskies’ six shots on target. Rylan Hawkins recorded the save in goal with one save while Zimmer stopped two shots for Furman.
Richards garnered the tournament’s Offensive MVP honors while John took Defensive MVP accolades.
In the first game of the day, Matt Morris scored on a header from point-blank range in the 11th minute to help the College of Charleston top Bowling Green 2-0.
David Munson scored off of an assist from Zach Prince to double the lead in the 78th minute and Brendan Smith rebounded from Friday night’s 4-1 loss to Washington with a shutout on Sunday notching four saves.
Furman continues play next weekend when it faces nationally-ranked Brown in the opening game of the Nike/Aaron Olitsky Memorial Classic in Charleston, S.C., at 5 p.m.
Maryland 4, Davidson 1
COLLEGE PARK, Md. ? In their final match of a weekend road trip, the Davidson Men’s Soccer team dropped a 4-1 decision to No. 9 Maryland Sunday night at Ludwig Field in College Park, Md.
The lone Wildcat score on the evening came in the 61st minute when junior Robert O’Donnell gathered a long throw-in from the far sideline and flicked a pass into the middle of the box, where it was collected by classmate Machel Turner, whose shot from five yards out found the back of the net.
With the score, Turner became the first Davidson player to record multiple goals on the year, chalking up his second of the season. O’Donnell’s assist was his first of 2008, and gives him a team-leading three points overall.
Sophomore Matt McElroy, who is one of five Wildcats originally from the Maryland area, recorded eight saves in his first action of the year. McElroy joined teammates and fellow Marylander A.J. Grant, Josh Zipin, Mauricio Simms, and O’Donnell in returning to their home state for the match.
Davidson Head Coach Matt Spear knew his team would be in for a challenge against the perennial national power Terps.
“Maryland is a very talented team that has national championship aspirations every season,” he said. “We knew it would be a tough test to play at their stadium, which is an environment unlike any other in college soccer. It is special for our guys to get to experience something like that.”
The scoring began in the 21st minute when Casey Townsend scored his second goal in two games to give Maryland the 1-0 lead. Jeremy Hall put in the first of his two goals at the 35:28 mark of the first half, followed by Rodney Wallace’s goal off a corner kick to bring the tally to 3-0.
Hall’s two goals were a match-high total, with Graham Zusi, recording the assist on two of the Terrapin’s scores. Hall also led all players with six shots, five of which were on goal, with Drew Yates taking five attempts, with three shots on goal.
For the ?Cats, Turner and Zipin tied for the team lead with two shots apiece, with Charlie Reiter and Yannick Pilgrim each accounting for one of the team’s six total shots. Despite the loss, Spear was confident that his team will be able to learn from what happened and use it to their advantage.
“Some of our goals were to play better than last Friday, and that we accomplished,” he said. “We had lots of energy and were sharper all over the field. It was definitely an improvement from Friday, and we learned we could bounce back and play better every game. It’s always tough to take something from a loss, but if we can continue to improve game to game, I’ll be happy with this road trip.”
Davidson will return home next weekend when they play host to the Panthers of High Point University next Saturday night. Kick off is scheduled for 7 p.m. from Alumni Stadium.