LYNCHBURG, VA—Winthrop men's soccer dropped a hard fought match 1-0 at Liberty, Saturday afternoon in Big South Conference action.
 
Liberty (10-4-1, 5-2 Big South) 1, Winthrop (3-12-1, 1-6 Big South) 0
Oct. 28, 2017
Lynchburg, VA (Osborne Stadium)
 
Winthrop Starters: Perkinson (GK), Rapp, Orfanidis, Tiozzo, Raad, Estevez, Carreras, Vinyals, Maher, Hasenstab, Smith
Liberty Starters: Knoebel (GK), Mendoza, Bellarde, Dutey, R. Garcia, Segarra, Hovious, Mbuyu, L. Garcia, Reyes, Murillo
 
Goals
59' – LIBERTY – Mendoza (penalty kick)
 
Game Recap

• Pretty even half as the Eagles managed five shots and Liberty had four
• Liberty managed the first scoring chance in the 17^th minute as Kevin Mendoza had a shot saved by Kenneth Perkinson
• Marc Carreras had the Eagles' first shot in the 18^th minute but it was wide
• In the 30^th minute Mendoza pinged one off the crossbar
• Max Hasenstab tested James Knoebel in the 33^rd minute but he was able to tip it wide for a corner
• Nil Vinayls had a shot in the 38^th minute that was saved by Knoebel and Carreras had another shot go wide in the 39^th minute
• Good chance for the Eagles in the 51^st minute as Jacob Jacobsen slipped by the goalkeeper but his shot toward the open goal was cleared away by a Liberty defender that positioned himself well for a team save and a Winthrop corner
• Just eight minutes after the Eagles had a great chance to grab the lead, Liberty opened the scoring
• The Flames were awarded a penalty as Mendoza stepped in and converted in the 59^th minute
• Rasmus Arousell created his own shot in the 78^th minute as he cut back creating space from two defenders and curled one that was saved by Knoebel 

Notables

• This was the 5^th straight game between Winthrop and Liberty that was decided by one goal at Osborne Stadium
• The Eagles drop their 6^th straight game and are scoreless during the losing streak (54 shots/22 shots on goal)
• The Eagles head into their final game of the regular season, which they've won the past four seasons

 
Looking Ahead
Winthrop will wrap-up the regular season at Gardner-Webb on Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 6 p.m.
 
 

52' | Winthrop has a player break through the defense and round Knoebel but somehow Reyes is able to come to the rescue and clear off the line. 0-0

— Liberty Men's Soccer (@LibertySoccer) October 28, 2017

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— Winthrop Soccer (@WinthropSoccer) October 28, 2017