Men?s Soccer Downs UNC Greensboro for the First Time 2-1
11/4/2008 5:09:00 AM | Men's Soccer
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The Eagles improve to 7-8-0 (4-3-0) on the season, while the Spartans fall to 6-11-1 (2-5-0).
“I thought we came out with a lot of energy and gave one of our best halves of the year,” said head coach Kevin Kennedy. “We had a lot of energy and movement off the ball, and Jarryd ran up and got a nice deflection. It was a nice goal.”
The Eagles added to their 1-0 lead in the 28th minute. Joe Madigan (Centennial,
The Spartans exited the locker room at halftime and quickly scored. Tim Masters scored his fourth of the season in the 46th minute to make the score 2-1.
“We had talked at halftime about in the first ten minutes [of the second half] of keeping a clean sheet and then adjusting and going from there. When you give up the goal a minute and 42 seconds into the half, that is out the window,” said coach Kennedy.
The Eagles' defense made a number of fine stops in the second half and held on to win the match 2-1. Joey Ralph (
The Eagles will return to action this weekend in the Southern Conference Tournament.
