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ROCK HILL, SC—Winthrop men's soccer suffered a 2-0 loss to 13^th-ranked Charlotte, Tuesday evening in non-conference action.

Winthrop falls to 3-5-1 on the year while the 49ers are now 6-1. The Eagles get back to Big South action this weekend when they travel to Clinton, SC for a 7 p.m. contest against Presbyterian College.

"Our guys executed the game plan for 90 minutes," said Winthrop head coach Daniel Ridenhour. "We certainly put ourselves in a position to find a result with our work rate defensively and determination. Charlotte is a Top 20 team and showed their quality with their first goal. We were unlucky on the second goal with a deflection. I'm very proud of our team to play the full game with desire and commitment. We have to prepare now for a determined Presbyterian team and work to find a result on the road."
 
An early goal by Harrison Steadman put Charlotte on the board in the 8^th minute. Zhuvonte Wilson served a ball into the box and freed himself up in the box to head the ball into the right side of the frame.
 
The Eagles trailed 1-0 at the half and applied a lot of pressure in the early going of the second half was the Charlotte defense stood tall during a quick three-shot barrage inside the 18-yard box. In the 58^th minute Charlotte was on the attack with Matej Dekovic down the wing and as he served the ball into the box it deflected off the foot of a Winthrop defender changing its path as it squeaked into the goal at the near post as Kenneth Perkinson attempted to keep it out.
 
The 49ers finished with a 17-8 advantage in shots as Perkinson finished the game with three saves and Charlotte's Elliot Panicco made one save to preserve the shutout.