University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics

Men's Soccer Hosts Gardner-Webb on Saturday for Regular Season Finale
10.31.2025 | Men's Soccer
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Men's Soccer hosts Gardner-Webb for the regular season finale on Saturday (Nov. 1).
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The Asheville Children's Market will be open at the game as well, so come check out some youth entrepreneurs!
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UNC Asheville (7-5-2, 3-2-1 Big South Conference) vs. Gardner-Webb (11-2-2, 4-1-1 Big South Conference)
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Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025 | 2:00 PM | Asheville, N.C. | Greenwood Field
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ESPN+ | Live Stats
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Match Notes
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The Asheville Children's Market will be open at the game as well, so come check out some youth entrepreneurs!
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UNC Asheville (7-5-2, 3-2-1 Big South Conference) vs. Gardner-Webb (11-2-2, 4-1-1 Big South Conference)
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Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025 | 2:00 PM | Asheville, N.C. | Greenwood Field
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ESPN+ | Live Stats
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Match Notes
- UNC Asheville enters the match at 7-5-2 overall and 3-2-1 in the Big South Conference after a 2-0 win at Winthrop last Saturday (Oct. 25).
- Asheville enters the week at fourth in the Big South in scoring average at 1.36 goals per game, while also ranking third in the conference in opponent scoring average at 1.21 goals per game.
- Asheville is also fifth in the league in corner kicks with 68.
- Rodrigo Mendes is tied for ninth in the league with four goals on the season, while also being tied for third with five assists on the season.
- Lucca Barros is Asheville's main goalkeeper, averaging a 1.21 GAA, 28 saves and a .622 save percentage.
- Gardner-Webb enters the week at 11-2-2 overall and 4-1-1 in the Big South after a 3-0 loss to No. 8 High Point on Saturday (Oct. 25).
- Gardner-Webb enters the week at second in the conference in scoring average at 1.87 goals per game, while also being tied for the league lead in opponent scoring average at 0.73 goals per game. The Runnin' Bulldogs are 20th in the nation in goal differential at +17. Their team GAA is also 19th in the nation.
- Gardner-Webb is also second in the league in corner kicks with 77.
- Kpardeh Samson is tied for third in the league with six goals, while Robbie Lyons is tied for sixth with five goals and Javan Ochieng is also tied for ninth with four goals.
- Breno Correia, Lyons and Samson are each tied for fifth with four assists apiece.
- Alan Horrocks is tied for the league lead in GAA at .733, seventh in the league with 37 saves and second in the league with a .771 save percentage.
- This will be the 29th all-time meeting between Asheville and Gardner-Webb, with Gardner-Webb leading the all-time series 14-9-5. The teams played to a 1-1 tie in their last meeting in Boiling Springs back on Oct. 29, 2024.
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