Men's Soccer Falls to Elon, 2-0

ASHEVILLE, N.C. ? Senior forward Brett Paschall came off the bench to score a goal and had an assist as Elon defeated UNC Asheville 2-0 in non-conference men's soccer action Wednesday afternoon.

The Phoenix (3-2-1) scored both of its goals in the first half and made them stand up in the second half to earn its second straight victory. The Bulldogs fell to 1-3-0 on the season.

“Elon made us change the way we played in the first half and then they got behind us twice and scored two goals,” stated UNC Asheville coach Steve Cornish. “We had some chances in the second half and if we could have gotten one on the board that might have changed the game. However, Elon was the deserving victor today. They are a well-coached team that should be a handful for everybody they play the rest of the season.”

Elon scored both of its goals in a 10-minute span in the first half. In the 28^th minute, Paschall started a run toward the Asheville goal. He made a pass to Justin Wyatt who fed a wide-open Aaron Parker in front of the goal. Wyatt tapped in into the goal for a 1-0 Phoenix lead at 28:13.

Paschall scored on a similar play when Jon Juchno fed the senior in front of the Asheville goal. Paschall scored from five yards for a 2-0 Elon margin at the 39:03 mark.

In the second half, Asheville controlled play early and got Scott Szymanski alone on a breakaway but Phoenix goalkeeper Kyle Boerner made one of two saves on the day to stop the Bulldogs.

Elon outshot Asheville, 13-6 and had four corner kicks to the home team's two.

UNC Asheville plays at home Saturday afternoon against Campbell starting at 3 p.m.

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Scott Szymanski

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