ROCK HILL, SC--  Winthrop men's soccer suffered a 2-0 setback against Presbyterian College, Saturday evening in its Big South Conference opener..
 
Presbyterian College (3-4-1, 1-0 Big South) 2, Winthrop (2-5-1, 0-1 Big South) 0
Sept. 23, 2017
Rock Hill, SC (Eagle Field)
 
Winthrop Starters: Perkinson (GK), Ramirez, Raad, Orfanidis, Tiozzo, Estevez, Jacobsen, Carreras, Arousell, Vinyals, South
Presbyterian College Starters: Behrend (GK), Edo Martin, Hernandez, Luedtke, Ziegler, Tchemmoun, Pinto, O'Hara, Glaze, Miller, Menudier
 
Goals
54' – PC – Tchemmoun (Edo Martin)
62' – PC – Vannier (Pinto)
 
Post Game With Coach Ridenhour (Facebook Live)
 
Game Recap

• First half saw both teams work hard, but neither had any dangerous opportunities to score
• Best chance for Winthrop in first half came off a corner when Marc Carreras played a ball on the floor to the top of the 18 where Leif Estevez had a crack but the shot was ripped right at the goalkeeper
• PC came out of the half determined as it nearly grabbed the game's first goal in the 51^st minute when Andrew Miller-Bell hit the crossbar as he was free to goal
• The Blue Hose took a 1-0 lead moments later when Yacine Tchemmoun headed home a corner kick at the back post
• The lead extended to 2-0 as Sergio Pinto flipped the ball over the top of the Eagle defense, setting up Clement Vannier for a one-on-one with the goalie and he ripped it low and to the far left corner

 
Notables

• Max Hasenstab did not start the game as he was under the weather, but did play the second half 

 
Looking Ahead
The Eagles step away from league play to take on 7^th-ranked North Carolina on Tuesday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. The game will be played at UNCG Soccer Stadium as the Tar Heels home stadium is being renovated.