ROCK HILL, SC—Winthrop men's soccer suffered a 1-0 setback to UNC Asheville, Wednesday evening at Eagle Field.
 
UNC Asheville (2-14-0, 1-5 Big South) 1, Winthrop (3-11-1, 1-5 Big South) 0
Oct. 25, 2017
Rock Hill, SC (Eagle Field)
 
Winthrop Starters: Perkinson (GK), Rapp, Hawkins, Tiozzo, Raad, Estevez, Carreras, Vinyals, Maher, Hasenstab, Arousell
UNC Asheville Starters: Milani (GK), Lawrence, Adams, O'Dowd, Bova, Poell, Compton, Millington, Luke, Lacasto, Allen
 
Goals
46' -- UNCA – Daughtry (Bova)
 
Coach Daniel Ridenhour's Postgame Thoughts

Game Recap

• Nil Vinyals tested the Asheville goalkeeper early on as he fired a shot from inside the box that forced a diving save
• Kyle Adams came close for the Bulldogs in the 10^th minute when he cut back across the top of the box and curled a shot that just missed the top right corner
• Max Hasenstab found the back of the net in the 19^th minute, but was whistled for offside, keeping the game scoreless
• Michael Smith had a good chance in the 40^th minute as he received a pass near the six but his shot was turned away as the goalkeeper closed in quickly
• The two teams each had seven shots a piece in the first half
• An early foul outside the box near the end line gave Asheville a free kick and the Bulldogs took advantage
• Dante Bova won a head ball off the service that went back across the goal mouth as Colin Daughtry settled the ball, took a touch away from the defender and then flicked it in the open net with a quick touch before it could be cleared
• In the 62^nd minute Michael Smith beat a defender to free himself up inside the box and he fired a shot toward the left side of the goal but Nabil Milani made the diving save
• In the 67^th minute it was Smith again as he had his back to goal when he collected the ball just outside the six-yard box as tried to turn and shoot but fired it high over the bar
• The Eagles did create a lot of opportunities going forward in the second half chasing the tying goal, but couldn't connect on many of the final passes and services

 
Notables

• The Eagles have lost five straight games with three of the losses coming by one goal
• Kenneth Perkinson, Nil Vinyals, Max Hasenstab, Rasmus Arousell, Dakota Hawkins and Andrew Raad were recognized before the match as the seniors played their final game on Eagle Field

 
Looking Ahead
The Eagles finish the regular season with two games on the road beginning with Liberty in Lynchburg, VA on Saturday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m.