CHARLOTTE, NC— Winthrop men's soccer fell 1-0 at 15^th-ranked Charlotte on a late goal as both teams opened the season, Saturday evening at Transamerica Field.
 
Charlotte (1-0) 1, Winthrop (0-1) 0
Aug. 26, 2017
Charlotte, NC (Transamerica Field)
 
Winthrop Starters: Perkinson (GK), Tiozzo, Raad, Smith, Hawkins, Jacobsen, Estevez, Carreras, Vinyals, Hasenstab, Arousell
Charlotte Starters: Panicco (GK), Seach, Montgomery, Bowman, Wilson, Madden, Brown, Chaouche, Spaulding, Sunol-Rojas, Bruce
 
Goals
88' – Charlotte -- Garcia (Bruce)
 
Game Recap

• -The only goal of the match on a counter as the 49ers cleared a Marc Carreras corner kick for Winthrop which led to a 2v1 on the other end
• -Kenneth Perkinson made three saves in the first half, including one in the 43^rd minute he tipped wide for a 49er corner
• -Perkinson finished the game with 10 saves, which are the most in his career as an Eagle
• -Charlotte finished the match with a 27-2 advantage in shots
• -Charlotte had a 5-2 edge in corners with four of its corners coming within a one-minute span midway through the second half

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Notables

• -Freshman Michael Smith made his first collegiate start/appearance and logged the full 90 minutes
• -Max Hasenstab made his first appearance in a contest since the final game of the 2015 season at Elon in the NCAA Tourney
• -Hasenstab ranks 5^th in career goals with 34 among NCAA Division I active players
• -This was just the second time the Eagles had faced a nationally-ranked opponent in a season opener
• -The Eagles dropped their opener last year at North Florida in a 3-0 loss, but then reeled off three consecutive wins

 
Looking Ahead
The Eagles head to Macon, GA for the Big South/SoCON Challenge Sept. 1-3. The Eagles will take on Mercer at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 1 and then face Wofford College on Sunday, Sept. 3 at noon.