Farmville, Va. – Bernardo Pacheco's brace helped Winthrop men's soccer earn a 2-2 draw at Longwood, Friday evening in Big South Conference action.
Winthrop (1-9-3, 1-3-1 Big South) 2, Longwood (2-8-3, 0-4-1 BSC) 2
Oct. 17, 2025 | Longwood Athletics Complex
Scoring Summary
7' – WINTHROP – Pacheco (unassisted)
13' – WINTHROP – Pacheco (Adamson)
66' – LONGWOOD – Bedolla (Bruening)
67' – LONGWOOD – Bedolla (unassisted)
Game Recap
- Eagles grabbed the lead in the 7th minute as Jonah Straube played a ball forward to Bernardo Pacheco in the middle of the field
- Pacheco collected the ball and dribbled down the middle of the field, letting a shot fly from about 30-35 yards out that caught the keeper out to far as the shot dropped under the bar and into the net for the early lead
- Less than a minute after, Diomario Adamson stole the ball in the middle of the field on the Longwood side of the field as he played a quick 1-2 and seconds later fired a shot from outside the box toward the lower left corner that was tipped wide by Youssou Ouendeno
- Winthrop continued to apply pressure offensively as it found the back of the net again in the 13th minute
- Sodai Koketsu dribbled the ball from his own side of the field down the left sideline and eventually played a pass to Adamson at the top of the box
- Adamson turned and fired a shot that was blocked and as Pacheco was joining the play he ran on to the ball and struck a shot first time on frame that took a deflection toward the opposite side the goalkeeper was diving and into the goal
- Lancers created a good opportunity in the 26th minute as Paul Espinoza received a pass and then turned toward the middle of the field and fired a shot from outside the box forcing a diving save by Jack Kilstrom
- Longwood came close again in the 34th minute as Aaron Bruening got on the other end of a service, open at the back post but his header hit the post and the Eagles were able to clear
- Lancers nearly got one back before the half as a cross in front of the surface was lifted over the bar off the foot of Syrus Conolly as he was being challenge by a Winthrop defender
- Eagles led 2-0 at the half but Longwood tried to chip away at that lead in the early moments of the second half
- Benjamin Ferrero received a pass in open space as he ran into the box and fired a low shot to the near corner but Kilstrom turned it away over the line for a corner
- Longwood's constant pressure to open the second half finally paid off in the 66th minute
- Brando Bedolla received a pass inside the area, turned the ball back to his right foot and fired a shot toward frame that hit the nicked the back of Jonah Straube sliding in and sneaks into the right corner
- Then seconds later the Lancers took advantage of a mistake by the Eagles defensively as Bedolla was applying pressure and a soft pass back to Kilstrom was intercepted by Bedolla as Kilstrom came sliding in the ball deflected off Bedolla and rolled into the open net
- Winthrop nearly regained the lead in the 78th minute off a set piece
- Eagles earned a free kick about 35 yards out as Haruto Horii served the ball in front of goal as Dragen Vrataric leaped and just headed the ball right of the post
- Lancers nearly took the lead seconds later as Ezrah Serralde's shot toward the top right corner was saved by a diving Kilstrom
Notables
- Longwood had a 37-7 advantage in total shots and 15-2 in shots on goal
- Jack Kilstrom finished with a career-high 13 saves
- This is the second straight meeting in Farmville that ended in a draw as the two teams finished 1-1 in 2023
- The brace for Pacheco was the first by an Eagle since Ricardo Ferreira on Sept. 23, 2023 at Gardner-Webb
- Eagles have tied back-to-back games and three of the last four games
Looking Ahead
It's back to non-conference action for the Eagles as they travel to Blacksburg, Va. on Wednesday, Oct. 22 to take on Virginia Tech at 5 p.m.
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