University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Men's Soccer Closes Exhibition Play With 2-1 Win Over Georgia Southern
08.20.2016 | Men's Soccer
THE RUNDOWN
Score: UNC Asheville 2 Georgia Southern 1
Teams: UNC Asheville (1-0-1 exhibition)
Georgia Southern (1-1-0 exhibition)
Statesboro, GA - Freshman Elvis Boateng's goal in the 56th minute proved to be the difference as UNC Asheville picked up a 2-1 road win over Georgia Southern in a lightning shortened exhibition to close the preseason this afternoon.
GAME AT A GLANCE
Junior midfielder Andrew Lawrence scored to give UNC Asheville a 1-0 lead in the 20th minute. Georgia Southern would answer back right away, scoring on a play off the ensuing kickoff. Zack Compton assisted on Lawrence's goal.
Boateng scored the game-winner just over 10 minutes into the second half on an assist from Jackson Allen. The game was then called around the 65th minute due to lightning.
UNC Asheville had a few chances to tack on more goals in each half, but Georgia Southern's goalkeepers made some outstanding saves.
QUOTABLES
"I thought we played pretty well against a good team," said UNC Asheville head men's soccer coach Mathes Mennell. "Everyone came out injury free, which is a good thing. For us, we definitely improved from Thursday, which was good. I'm very pleased with where we are. Anytime you can go on the road, play a good team and pick up a win, that means we're moving the process forward. We're looking forward to opening the season at Duke."
UP NEXT
UNC Asheville will open its regular season on the road against Elon University in Durham, N.C. on Aug. 26 at 5 p.m. as part of the John Rennie Nike Invitational. They will then battle host school Duke on Aug. 28 at 2:30 p.m.
Live stats for the Elon match can be found here
