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Bryant Jimenez-Pearce
PPG
4
Winner High Point HPU (3-2-2, 1-0-1)
1
Winthrop WIN (0-8-0, 0-1-0)
Winner
High Point HPU
(3-2-2, 1-0-1)
4
Final
1
Winthrop WIN
(0-8-0, 0-1-0)
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Team 1 2 F
High Point HPU 0 4 4
Winthrop WIN 1 0 1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Eagles Fall To High Point In Big South Opener

Rock Hill, S.C. – Winthrop suffered a 4-1 defeat to High Point in its Big South Conference opener Saturday night.
 
Winthrop (0-8-0, 0-1-0 Big South) 1, High Point (3-2-2, 1-0-1 Big South) 4
Sept. 20, 2022 | Eagle Field
Goal Summary
4' – WINTHROP – Jimenez-Pearce (penalty kick)
58 – HIGH POINT – Holmes (Ruckman)
60' – HIGH POINT – Holmes (unassisted)
74' – HIGH POINT – Abril (Chalbaud)
86' – HIGH POINT – Perkins (Krueger)
Game Recap
  • Eagles jumped out to an early 1-0 lead as they were awarded a penalty kick in the 4th minute when Ben Goodman was taken down in the box
  • Bryant Jimenez-Pearce stepped in and buried a shot for his first goal of the season
  • The Eagles led 1-0 at the break despite a 9-4 advantage in shots for High Point
  • The Panthers drew level in the 58th minute when Jackson Ruckman found Noah Holmes open in front of goal on a cross
  • Holmes took a touch off the pass and then slotted the ball into the lower left corner from about 10 yards out
  • The Panthers took advantage of a fortunate bounce in the 60th minute to take the lead
  • Holmes received a pass near the edge of the box and tried to play the ball wide but the pass hit his own teammate, bounced right back to him and he blasted a shot first touch into the lower left corner
  • High Point took a two goal lead in the 74th minute as Sebastian Chalbaud chipped a ball into space behind the Winthrop defense, setting up Aiden Abril for a 1v1 and he beat Sam Jones for the goal
  • Panthers added one more in the 86th minute on a goal by Ashton Perkins set up by Brendan Krueger.
  • Eagles had a good chance to tie the match at 2-2 in the 63rd minute as Christopher Cushing hit a shot first touch off a long free kick but Holden Trent made the diving save as the ball went out for a corner 
Notables
  • High Point finished with a 15-8 advantage in shots (8-5 in shots on goal)
  • Jones finished with four saves while Trent also had four saves for HPU
  • Eagles fall to 15-13-3 all-time in Big South openers
Looking Ahead
Winthrop will be back in action on Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 7:30 p.m. when it takes on Gardner-Webb. The game is the second of a doubleheader with the women's soccer team who will face Radford at 5 p.m.
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