University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Bulldogs Travel to Longwood on Saturday
10.20.2017 | Men's Soccer
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FARMVILLE, Va. – The UNC Asheville men's soccer team starts the final four-match stretch of its regular season by traveling to face Big South Conference foe Longwood.
Kickoff between UNC Asheville (1-13-0, 0-4-0 Big South Conference) and Longwood (0-13-1, 0-4-0 Big South Conference) is set for 6 p.m.
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Follow the Match Live
The match will not be streamed live, but you can follow all of the action via live stats HERE.
Last Time Out
UNC Asheville battled all the way until the final whistle, but despite a late goal from Joe LaCasto the Bulldogs dropped their match to Georgia State, 3-1, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, at Greenwood Field. Down 3-0, LaCasto took advantage of a beautiful ball from Jackson Allen in the 80th-minute to be able to be one-on-one with Georgia State goalkeeper Yannic Horn. LaCasto relished the tremendous opportunity by lacing the ball into the lower right corner. The Bulldogs were actually really unlucky to not be down by just one at that juncture as in the 68th-minute Dante Bova snapped a rifling header towards the Panther goal, but Horn made a tremendous stop.
Quotable
"It's a really important match. Longwood and UNC Asheville, we're in the same spot. It's a critical three points needed for us to make a move in the back half of our Big South slate. We've had some really good moments in the last couple of games, but again it's back to the thing that has kind of plagued us all year in making critical mistakes at critical times. Longwood is a very good team, and if there were ever a team that their quality of play does not coincide with their record, it's Longwood. They have played as difficult of a schedule as we have and maybe even more so. They've really challenged themselves and I applaud Coach Atkinson and his program for doing that because that's how everyone gets better. Certainly, they've had a lot of battles that are going to stand them in good stead. They've been very good in their first four Big South matches and they've been a little unfortunate. They're a team that we have a lot of respect for, and we know that if we don't play our best soccer they could really get after us and we're at their place, so it's going to be a very difficult place to play. I really like the matchup for us. I think it's a good game and it's an opponent that tries to play the right way with good quality players, so in terms of the fans' point of view it should be a great watch tomorrow night." – Head Coach Mathes Mennell
Up Next
UNC Asheville men's soccer will next play its final road Big South Conference match of the season with the Bulldogs traveling to Rock Hill, S.C. to face Winthrop on Wednesday, Oct. 25. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
FARMVILLE, Va. – The UNC Asheville men's soccer team starts the final four-match stretch of its regular season by traveling to face Big South Conference foe Longwood.
Kickoff between UNC Asheville (1-13-0, 0-4-0 Big South Conference) and Longwood (0-13-1, 0-4-0 Big South Conference) is set for 6 p.m.
BULLDOG BITES
Follow the Match Live
The match will not be streamed live, but you can follow all of the action via live stats HERE.
Last Time Out
UNC Asheville battled all the way until the final whistle, but despite a late goal from Joe LaCasto the Bulldogs dropped their match to Georgia State, 3-1, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, at Greenwood Field. Down 3-0, LaCasto took advantage of a beautiful ball from Jackson Allen in the 80th-minute to be able to be one-on-one with Georgia State goalkeeper Yannic Horn. LaCasto relished the tremendous opportunity by lacing the ball into the lower right corner. The Bulldogs were actually really unlucky to not be down by just one at that juncture as in the 68th-minute Dante Bova snapped a rifling header towards the Panther goal, but Horn made a tremendous stop.
Quotable
"It's a really important match. Longwood and UNC Asheville, we're in the same spot. It's a critical three points needed for us to make a move in the back half of our Big South slate. We've had some really good moments in the last couple of games, but again it's back to the thing that has kind of plagued us all year in making critical mistakes at critical times. Longwood is a very good team, and if there were ever a team that their quality of play does not coincide with their record, it's Longwood. They have played as difficult of a schedule as we have and maybe even more so. They've really challenged themselves and I applaud Coach Atkinson and his program for doing that because that's how everyone gets better. Certainly, they've had a lot of battles that are going to stand them in good stead. They've been very good in their first four Big South matches and they've been a little unfortunate. They're a team that we have a lot of respect for, and we know that if we don't play our best soccer they could really get after us and we're at their place, so it's going to be a very difficult place to play. I really like the matchup for us. I think it's a good game and it's an opponent that tries to play the right way with good quality players, so in terms of the fans' point of view it should be a great watch tomorrow night." – Head Coach Mathes Mennell
Up Next
UNC Asheville men's soccer will next play its final road Big South Conference match of the season with the Bulldogs traveling to Rock Hill, S.C. to face Winthrop on Wednesday, Oct. 25. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
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