University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Howard
Men's Soccer Edges Howard 2-1
09.20.2013 | Men's Soccer
ASHEVILLE, N.C. ? Emil Gonsalvez scored in the 85th minute to lead UNC Asheville to a 2-1 victory over Howard on the first day of the Asheville Invitational in men's soccer action at Greenwood Field Friday afternoon.
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In the first game, Radford's Bernardo Ulmo scored in the 68th minute as the Highlanders edged Georgia Southern 2-1.
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The Bulldogs(3-3-0) and Bison (0-6-0) played more than seventy minutes of scoreless soccer before the teams combined for three goals in a 12-minute span.
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The match was tied 1-1 and looked like it was headed to overtime before Stabler Cochrane was able to corral a ball in the box and passed it to Gonsalvez who tucked the ball into the back of the net for a 2-1 Asheville lead at 85:07.
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The home team had opened the scoring at 73:35 when Quentin Reynolds notched his second goal of the season off a perfect pass from Hans Lohmeyer for a 1-0 Bulldog lead.
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Howard struck eight minutes later when Frederick Todd III headed in a perfect pass from Rahman Alarape at 81:44.
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Howard goalkeeper Eric Hamilton played very well in defeat with seven saves. Asheville had a 17-11 edge in shots.
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In the first game, Radford (2-2-1) struck early when Joe Mayer scored on a breakaway off a feed from Jamie Summers at 2:04.
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The Highlanders dominated the rest of the first half with a 9-3 edge in shots but could not score again.
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Georgia Southern (2-4-0) got the equalizer at 48:15 when Reed Norton fed his brother Hunter Norton for a goal to knot the match at 1-1.
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Ulmo scored on another breakaway off passes from Bismark Amofah and Nico Valencia.
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Neal Bates of GSU made seven saves, while Dane Wilson of Radford stopped five shots.
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The Asheville Invitational will continue on Sunday as Radford will face Howard and Noon, followed by UNC Asheville and Georgia Southern at 2:30 p.m.
