Bucs Late Goal Defeats Eagles

Saturday, September 22

Statesboro

7 PM

Georgia Southern University

3-3-1

ETSU

4-4-0

East Tenn. St.

Georgia Southern

Photo by: AJ Henderson - Georgia Southern Athletics

9/22/2018 10:03:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Men's soccer falls to ETSU 2-1 in the final minutes

By: Aaron Socha

STATESBORO, Ga. – Friday evening the Georgia Southern men's soccer team was in action against East Tennessee State University. The Bucs defeated the Eagles 2-1, scoring in the late minutes off of an own goal deflection. The Eagles would fall to 3-3-1 on the season and will now have a week between matches due to Wednesday's match against Winthrop being canceled.

Danny Barlow got the Bucs on the board first scoring in the 28^th minute on a pass back to the six yard mark from Cameron Woodfin. Barlow beat Jokull Blaengsson far post and took a 1-0 lead midway through the first half. Javier Carbonell took matters into his own hands in the 43^rd minute, earning a penalty kick after being taken down inside the box. Carbonell stood over the penalty spot and put the ball top left to level the scoring at 1-1 late in the first half.

Throughout the second half the match got chippy, with the fouls leveling 9-6 in favor of the Bucs. In the 82^nd minute ETSU forward, Bruno Andrade, walked to the edge of the area and took a shot on frame. An Eagle defender deflected the shot into the side netting and gave ETSU a 2-1 lead late in the second half.

The Eagles will now have the week to prepare for a road test against Mercer. The Blue and White were originally scheduled to play Winthrop at home on Wednesday, but had to cancel due to scheduling issues.