DECATUR, GA— Winthrop men's soccer fell 3-2 in double-overtime at Georgia State, Saturday afternoon at GSU Soccer Field.
 
Georgia State (4-3-0) 3, Winthrop (2-3-1) 2
Sept. 16, 2017
Decatur, GA (GSU Soccer Field)
 
Winthrop Starters: Perkinson (GK), Ramirez, Raad, Orfanidis, Tiozzo, Estevez, Jacobsen, Carreras, Arousell, Vinyals, Hasenstab
Georgia State Starters: Horn (GK), Clinton, Alarape, Rodriguez, Hague, Smiljanic, Fitzsimmons, Joyner, Proctor, Burmeister, Lorenzano
 
Goals
15' – Winthrop -- Vinyals (Hasenstab)
20' – Georgia State – Alarape (Lorenzano)
78' – Winthrop – Hasenstab (Stout)
86' – Georgia State – Clinton (Fitzsimmons)
107' – Georgia State – Alarape (penalty kick)
 
Post Game With Coach Ridenhour (Facebook Live)
 
Game Recap

• After a couple of early chances for the Eagles they opened the scoring in the 15^th minute when Max Hasenstab set up Nil Vinyals for his first of the season
• Georgia State responded by pressuring the Eagles immediately and tied the match in the 20^th minute
• Rashid Alarape scored his third goal of the season as he was assisted by Salomon Lorenzano
• After seven straight shots in by Georgia State, Hasenstab put the Eagles on top 2-1 as he scored his 6^th goal of the season off a pass from Evan Stout
• Georgia State tied the game in the 86^th minute as Kyle Clinton headed home a throw-in by Liam Fitzsimmons
• At the end of regulation, Georgia State held a 7-5 advantage in shots on goal
• In the first overtime, Clinton nearly had his second goal of the game as he pinged one off the post early on
• In the second overtime, Stout had his shot hit the post and stay out
• Fortune favored Georgia State in the second overtime as it was awarded a penalty kick in the 107^th minute as Alarape converted for his second goal of the game 

Notables

• Hasenstab became the 8^th Winthrop player to reach 40 career goals and the 5^th D1 player to reach the milestone
• Winthrop allowed a goal in the final five minutes of regulation for the third time this season (all on the road)
• The Eagles are 0-2-3 in the last three contests that went into double-overtime 

Looking Ahead
Winthrop returns home for two straight games beginning with a non-conference contest against Georgia Southern on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. The Eagles will then open up Big South Conference action on Saturday, Sept. 23 at home against Presbyterian College at 7 p.m.


 

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