ROCK HILL, SC—Winthrop men's soccer suffered a 2-0 setback to Radford, Saturday evening in Big South Conference action.
Radford (9-4-2,4-1-1 Big South) 2, Winthrop (3-10-1, 1-4 Big South) 0
Oct. 21, 2017
Rock Hill, SC (Eagle Field)
Winthrop Starters: Perkinson (GK), Rapp, Estevez, Raad, Smith, Tiozzo, Vinyals, Orfanidis, Hasenstab, Maher, Carreras
Radford Starters: Mertzokat (GK), Valls, Szklennik, Daehlie, Strandsater, Erzen, Walsh, Edwards, Colmer, Yorke, Roberts
Goals
33' -- RU – Valls (Daehlie)
76' -- RU -- Valls (Daehlie)
Game Recap
- Radford applied pressure from the beginning and eventually broke through in the 33rd minute when Victor Valls netted his first goal of the season as he received a pass around the penalty spot from Sivert Daehlie and slotted it home
- Rasmus Arousell looked to move the Eagles level just before half but his header with nine seconds left was wide right of the post
- The Eagles generated more offense in the second half as they earned six corners in the first 20 minutes
- Andrew Raad got a head on a Marc Carreras corner in the 59th minute but Nicolas Mertzokat made the save
- In the 65th minute Michael Smith tested Mertzokat but he was able to tip the ball over for a corner and keep the Eagles scoreless
- Nil Vinyals found Arousell off the corner kick earned by the Smith shot, but Arousell's shot sailed high
- Radford scored an insurance goal in the 76th minute as Valls scored again off a pass from Daehlie
Notables
- The Highlanders finished with an 8-3 advantage in shots on goal
- Winthrop had six corners while Radford earned 10
- Kenneth Perkinson finished with five saves in the match while Mertzokat had three
Looking Ahead
Winthrop will wrap-up its home schedule on Wednesday, Oct. 25 when it hosts UNC Asheville at 7 p.m. for "Senior Night".
