ROCK HILL, SC—Winthrop men's soccer opened up the 2018 campaign with a 6-0 victory over Georgia Southwestern, Saturday evening at Eagle Field.
 
Winthrop (1-0) 6, Georgia Southwestern (0-1) 0
Aug. 25, 2018
Rock Hill, SC (Eagle Field)
 
Winthrop Starters: McCormick (GK), Smith, Ramirez, Mola, Rapp, Bryan, Carreras, Anselmo, Jacobsen, Walshaw, Rogers
Georgia Southwestern Starters: Bazzano (GK), Merlet, Balde, Harris, Sayers, Elias, Alves, Rugel, Duran, Faria, Avery
 
Goals
0' – WINTHROP – Rogers (none)
24' – WINTHROP – Carreras (Walshaw)
25' – WINTHROP – Davis (Rapp)
43' – WINTHROP – Foster (Estevez)
54' – WINTHROP – Walshaw (penalty kick)
57' – WINTHROP – Estevez (Walshaw)
 
Game Recap

• Alfie Rogers took 25 seconds into his collegiate career to find the back of the net as he intercepted a pass inside the box and ripped a shot into the top right corner to beat the goalkeeper near post
• Winthrop took a 2-0 lead in the 24^th minute when Marc Carreras tapped in a rebound into the open net
• Jordan Walshaw cut the ball back in the box and fired a shot on frame forcing a save as Carreras positioned himself right in front where the ball redirected
• Bryan Davis put the Eagles on top 3-0 less than a minute later when he settled a throw-in from Miles Rapp and in one motion turned and fired a shot off the post in the lower right corner
• Jonathan Foster made it 4-0 in the 43^rd minute as he made a run to the front of goal and Leif Estevez found him in stride as Foster struck the ball first time into the net just inside the six yard box
• Walshaw scored on a penalty in the 54^th minute and then picked up an assist on the 6^th goal of the game
• Walshaw struck a free kick from about 25 yards out that was initially saved by the goalkeeper but Estevez crashed the goal mouth and beat everyone to the ball to place it into the net first touch 

Notables

• Winthrop has now won seven of its last nine season openers at home
• The six goals are the most by an Eagle team since a 6-0 win over Brevard College on Sept. 19, 2013
• Five of the six goal scorers in the game netted their first goal in their career at Winthrop 

 
Looking Ahead
Winthrop will be back in action next weekend with two home games as part of the Big South/SoCON Challenge. The Eagles will host Mercer on Friday, Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. and Wofford College on Sunday, Sept. 2 at 6 p.m.
 

Here is tonight's Comporium Starting Eleven pic.twitter.com/6VaJDNjY9G

— Winthrop Soccer (@WinthropSoccer) August 25, 2018

1' GOOOOOAL by #9 Alfie Rogers pic.twitter.com/z4yPQhQjA2

— Winthrop Soccer (@WinthropSoccer) August 25, 2018

FULLTIME - Your Eagles with a nice team victory against the Hurricanes with a final tally of 6-0! pic.twitter.com/Wp3ALQTu78

— Winthrop Soccer (@WinthropSoccer) August 26, 2018