University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics

Men's Soccer Hosts Presbyterian Saturday for Senior Night
10.17.2025 | Men's Soccer
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Men's Soccer hosts Presbyterian on Saturday (Oct. 18) in Big South Conference play for Senior Night.
UNC Asheville (6-4-1, 2-2-0 Big South Conference) vs. Presbyterian (5-5-4, 2-2-0 Big South Conference)
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 | 6 PM | Asheville, N.C. | Greenwood Soccer Field
Live Stats
LAST TIME OUT
The UNC Asheville men's soccer team defeated Longwood 3-0 in a key conference match on Saturday (Oct. 12). Two Bulldogs goals were scored by Louis Beckett and one by Benian Yao, with assists coming from Yao, Rodrigo Mendes, and Arnor Hardarson. Beckett matched his career high with four shots, while Mendes added three. Yao recorded two and Hardarson and Lennart Granzow each had one apiece. For his efforts in Saturday's victory, Beckett was named Big South Conference Offensive Player of the Week and earned Team of the Week Honorable Mention from Top Drawer Soccer.
MATCH NOTES
UNC Asheville (6-4-1, 2-2-0 Big South Conference) vs. Presbyterian (5-5-4, 2-2-0 Big South Conference)
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 | 6 PM | Asheville, N.C. | Greenwood Soccer Field
Live Stats
LAST TIME OUT
The UNC Asheville men's soccer team defeated Longwood 3-0 in a key conference match on Saturday (Oct. 12). Two Bulldogs goals were scored by Louis Beckett and one by Benian Yao, with assists coming from Yao, Rodrigo Mendes, and Arnor Hardarson. Beckett matched his career high with four shots, while Mendes added three. Yao recorded two and Hardarson and Lennart Granzow each had one apiece. For his efforts in Saturday's victory, Beckett was named Big South Conference Offensive Player of the Week and earned Team of the Week Honorable Mention from Top Drawer Soccer.
MATCH NOTES
- Asheville enters the match third in the league in scoring at 1.46 goals per game, while also ranking fourth in opponent scoring average at 1.36 goals per game.
- The Bulldogs are also sixth in the league with 52 corner kicks.
- Mendes is tied for sixth with four goals on the season.
- Mendes and Hardarson are both tied for seventh in the league with three assists apiece.
- Lucca Barros is fourth in the league with a 1.36 Goals Against Average, has totaled 23 saves and also a .605 save percentage.
- Presbyterian enters the week at 5-5-4 overall and 2-2-0 in the conference after a 1-1 draw with Queens (N.C.) back on Tuesday (Oct. 14).
- Presbyterian is fifth in the conference in scoring at 1.21 goals per game, while also ranking third in the conference in opponent scoring average at 1.21 goals per game.
- Presbyterian also ranks third in the league in corner kicks with 61.
- Steven Cordova is 10th in the league in goals with three, while he and Aloni Elfu and Jonas Sunli-Hardig each are tied for seventh in assists with three.
- Tim Baerwalde is third in the league with a 1.21 GAA, leads the league in saves with 52 and is third in the league with a .754 save percentage.
- This will be the 19th all-time meeting between Asheville and Presbyterian, with Asheville leading the all-time series 9-5-4. Asheville won the last meeting 2-1 back on Oct. 24, 2024 in Clinton.
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