University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Men's Soccer Travels to League-Leading Winthrop
10.23.2009 | Men's Soccer
The Bulldogs (6-6-2, 2-1-1 BSC) are 5-2-1 in their last eight matches and are coming off road wins at Radford (1-0) and VMI (2-1) on the last two Saturday's. However, Asheville coach Steve Cornish knows the Bulldogs have a very tough test in front of them with the Eagles. Winthrop is 9-2-2 overall and in first place in the Big South with a 3-0-2 league mark. They are ranked ninth in the South Region.
"Winthrop was quite good last year when they won the Big South Conference championship," admitted Cornish. "I believe they may be even better this season. Winthrop is quite fast and extremely tough to defend. Our lads have played well the past few weeks, but we must be ready to take our level of play even higher to compete on Saturday against Winthrop."
The Bulldogs stunned Winthrop last season at Greenwood Field, 1-0. It was the Eagles last loss in the regular season before advancing to the NCAA Tournament. The victory by Asheville was its first regular-season victory over the Eagles since the 1997
NOTES - The Bulldogs have scored in nine straight matches after scoring in just one of the season's first five matches...Winthrop has scored in a NCAA-leading 20 straight matches, and the last time the Eagles were shutout was Oct. 25, 2008 at UNC Asheville...the Bulldogs have scored 16 goals this season and 10 different players have scored those goals...freshman Zachary Odum leads Asheville in scoring with three goals and eight points...Odum has only started once...six different players have recorded game-winning goals for the Bulldogs.
