Men's Soccer Falls to Coastal Carolina

ASHEVILLE, N.C. ? Kheli Dube scored twice and added an assist as Coastal Carolina broke open a close match with four goals in the second half to record a 5-0 Big South Conference victory over UNC Asheville Wednesday afternoon.

Dube scored two minutes into the match and it stayed 1-0 until the final 27 minutes when the Chanticleers (3-5-1, 2-0-0 BSC) scored four times. The Bulldogs (1-6-1, 0-2-0 BSC) went a man down at the 56:35 mark when Chris Burn was red-carded.

“I don't think it was a 5-0 game but you can't concede a goal in the first two minutes to a team the caliber of Coastal Carolina,” commented UNC Asheville head coach Steve Cornish. “We played fairly well in the first half after Coastal's early goal but in the second half we just couldn't slow them down after we got down to 10 players.”

Dube's first goal came on a throw-in. Robbie McRight threw the ball in from the left side-line and Dube headed the ball into the Asheville goal at 2:46.

The rest of the half was even as each team finished with four shots on goal.

In the second half, CCU had the first three shots on goal but Asheville goalkeeper Michael Pereira made two saves to keep the Chants off the scoreboard.

But the tide changed when Burn was given a red-card at the 56:35 mark. The Chanticleers started coming in waves after that and finally started to break through the Asheville defense.

Ross Kelly scored the second CCU goal when he hit a shot from 20 yards out. Dube was awarded an assist on the play at the 63:17 mark.

Ten minutes later, Dube scored again off a nice pass from Wesley Kent to push the lead to 3-0 at the 73:54 mark. Kevin Van Den Berg scored almost three minutes later when he tallied an unassisted goal at the 76:28 mark.

Riley Phelps finished the scoring with 13 seconds left when he hit a shot from 10 yards away. Van Den Berg picked up an assist.

The Bulldogs had a chance to score right after Coastal's fourth goal. The Bulldogs were awarded a penalty kick when a foul was called on the Chants in the box. Ryan Haupt attempted the PK but CCU back-up goalkeeper Matt Smith made the save and stopped Justin Head on a follow up shot.

UNC Asheville travels to VMI Saturday afternoon for a 1 p.m. league match with the Keydets. Coastal Carolina hosts George Washington Saturday night at 7 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Ryan Haupt

Justin Head

Michael Pereira

University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics