University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
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Appalachian State
Appalachian Slips Past Asheville 2-1
09.27.2016 | Men's Soccer
THE RUNDOWN
Appalachian State University 2, Asheville 1
Teams: UNC Asheville (2-7-0, 1-0-0 BSC)
Appalachian State University (3-5-1, 0-0-0 Sun Belt)
Location: Greenwood Field, Asheville, N.C.
Time: September 27, 7:00 p.m.
ASHEVILLE, N.C.— The UNC Asheville men's soccer team dropped their last non-conference match of 2016 to Appalachian State University (2-1) on Greenwood Field Tuesday night.
The match started off with a goal from Appalachian Sate just 5:51 into the first half. The Mountaineers' goal was scored by Raheem Somersall with an assist from Jordan Melia.
The Asheville defense worked to hold off the Mountaineers, with keeper Chris Katt making three saves before Rian Phillips scored one more for App State in the 32nd minute.
The Bulldogs rallied in the second half, taking seven shots, with Andrew Lawrence landing one in the net with an assist from Zach Compton.
Neither team would score again before time expired to give Appalachian a 2-1 victory.
NOTABLES
- The Bulldogs had a total of 10 shots in the match, only one of which was on goal.
- Goal keepers Chris Katt and Tyler Moore shared the net tonight for Asheville.
-Ben Chapel took the most shots for the Bulldogs, a total of three with Elvis Boateng taking two.
QUOTABLES
"We dug ourselves too deep of a hole in the first half that we had to come out of late. We did well in the second half, but we made it too tough on ourselves to come back. I was very pleased with our effort and a wonderful goal by Andy Lawrence, but I was disappointed by the fact that we made very exploitable mistakes in the first half. We have a very tough test coming up on Saturday up in Lynchburg, but I think that we are ready for the challenge, and we hope that we can continue our good run in conference play." -Head Coach Mathes Mennell
UP NEXT
The Bulldogs travel to Lynchburg, Virginia to take on Big South Conference foe Liberty University at noon on Saturday, Oct. 1.
