University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics

Tuesday, September 19
Johnson City, TN
6 pm

UNC Asheville

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East Tennessee State

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Men's Soccer Battles East Tennessee State Tuesday Night in Non-Conference Action

09.18.2023 | Men's Soccer

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Men's Soccer battles East Tennessee State Tuesday night (Sept. 19) in non-conference action. Kickoff is set for 6:00 p.m. from Summers-Taylor Stadium in Johnson City, Tenn.

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About the Bulldogs - Asheville comes into the match at 4-2-1 after a 2-0 win over VMI on Saturday (Sept. 16). The Bulldogs are third in the Big South Conference in scoring average at 1.571 goals per game, while also ranking second in opponent scoring average at 1.14 goals per game. Asheville also leads the Big South in corner kicks with 41. Sergio Báguena leads the team and is tied for third in the league in goals with two, while Brendan Herb, Conor Behan, Aysa Hamid, Seth Hammond, Pablo Obrador, Sam Pitts-Eckersall, Edvin Grolimund, Stewart Patnaud and Jack Steel have each scored one goal on the season. Herb's four assists lead the team and the conference, while Behan is tied for second in assists with three. Viðar Ragnarsson is tied for fourth in the league with two assists, while Báguena, Hamid, Hammond, Pitts-Eckersall, Myles Edmondson, Heath Flathau and Roger Sanguinetti each have one assist on the season. Charlie Farrar is second in the league in goals against average at 1.143, second in saves with 27 and third in save percentage at .771.    

About the Bucs - ETSU enters the match at 3-3-1 on the season after a 2-1 win at Presbyterian on Saturday (Sept. 16). ETSU is third in the Southern Conference in scoring average at 1.143 goals per game, while also leading the league in opponent scoring average at 1.00 goals per game. The Bucs also lead the league in corner kicks with 34. Gabriel Ramos and Chris McKenna lead the team and are tied for fifth in the league in goals with two, while Tarik Pannholzer, Yves Tcheuyap, Kieran Richards and David Kovacic have each also scored one goal on the season. Sebastian Reventlow and Ramos lead the team and are tied for third in the league in assists with two, while McKenna, Pannholzer, Nico Kross, Izzy Garcia and Axel Boden each have one assist on the season. Cole Hunter is second in the league in goals against average at 1.00, fifth in saves with 14 and second in save percentage at .778.

Series History - This will be the fifth all-time meeting between Asheville and ETSU, with ETSU leading the all-time series 3-1. ETSU won last year's matchup in Asheville 3-2 back on Sept. 2, 2022.
 

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