No. 21 Davidson 2, Furman 1
DAVIDSON, N.C. -- Josh Zipin broke a 1-1 deadlock with a goal in the 83rd minute to lift 21st-ranked Davidson to a 2-1 victory over Furman in Southern Conference men's soccer action on Saturday night at Alumni Stadium in Davidson, N.C.
The Wildcats improved to 10-3-0 overall and 3-1-0 in Southern Conference play while Furman dipped to 5-6-2 overall and 1-2-0 in the league.
At the 82:17 mark, Zipin settled a cross from Yannick Pilgrim and beat Paladin keeper Alec Kann for the eventual game-winner and his first goal of the season. The Wildcats had taken an early 1-0 lead at the 17:50 mark when Charlie Reiter scored from 12 yards out on an assist from Pilgrim. Furman responded with an equalizer less than two minutes later. Dane Roberts played a ball to Fabien Vorbe at the right corner of the box and the sophomore found the far corner of the net with an 18-yard shot for his sixth goal of the season.
Davidson held a 15-10 edge in shots attempts with both teams totaling five shots on goal. Chip Sanders tallied four saves in net to earn the victory for the Wildcats. Kann stopped three shots in the loss for Furman.
UNC Greensboro 3, Gardner-Webb 1
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Thomas Campbell had his sixth career multiple-goal game and Matt Foxx added a goal and an assists as UNC Greensboro turned away Gardner-Webb, 3-1, in men's soccer action Saturday night at UNCG Soccer Stadium.
Campbell, a redshirt senior from Middletown, N.J., had a hand in all three goals and finished with five points on the night. The Spartans (4-7-3) snapped a three-game losing skid and had their biggest offensive output of the season. UNCG hadn't scored three goals in a match since last September 12 when they defeated East Tennessee State, 3-1 - a span of 34 matches.
Just as big as the offensive outburst, however, was a save by goalkeeper Chad Janda late in the match. Janda, making his first appearance of the season, stopped a penalty kick on a diving save to his right with 5:55 to play to preserve a one-goal lead at 2-1. Nearly three minutes later, Campbell added his second goal of the night to put the game out of reach.
Foxx and Campbell teamed up twice in the first 10 minutes of the match to give UNCG an early 2-0 lead. In the eighth minute, after Cruz Oronos' shot hit the crossbar and then hit goalkeeper Trent Kozman in the back, an attempted clear went to Campbell. He found Foxx on the doorstep, who knocked it home for his third goal of the season.
In the 10th minute, it was Foxx's turn to give. A.J. Nelson's long ball went to Foxx who played the ball into the box. Campbell raced to the ball with a defender at his side and the goalkeeper charging forward. The ball squirted free from the three-way collision and Campbell was able to get enough of a foot on it to chip it in for his fourth goal of the season.
Gardner-Webb (6-5-1) got on the board on a beautiful shot by Romeo Kabanda in the 55th minute. Kabanda took a couple of dribbles after a long ball from John Sargent, spun around and hit a blast from 20 yards out into the upper right corner of the goal. It was his third tally of the year and cut
the UNCG lead to 2-1.
Janda's penalty kick save against Gerrard Hefferon preserved the one-goal lead and then with 3:09 to play Matt Strine found Campbell just inside the top of the box. Campbell one-timed it out of the air into the upper right corner for his fifth goal of the season and second two-goal game this season.
Gardner-Webb held a 14-12 advantage in shots, while corner kicks were even at 5-5. Janda and Kozman each finished the night with five saves.