FIU Wins took down No. 13 North Carolina in a battle of two Top 25 ranked teams on Saturday, 2-1.
Saturday, September 3
No. 24 FIU 2, No. 13 North Carolina 1 – Box Score
No. 23 Lipscomb 2, Florida Atlantic 0 – Box Score
No. 5/7 Wake Forest 2, UAB 0 – Box Score
Saturday, September 4
No. 12 Charlotte 5, Georgia Southern 0 - Box Score
No. 24 FIU 2, No. 13 North Carolina 1– Box Score
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The No. 24 FIU men’s soccer team defeated the No. 13-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels 2-1 on Saturday night.
Stephen Afrifa was the man of the match, scoring both goals for the Panthers. His first goal came in the 24
th minute, assisted by Yushi Nagao. Afrifa would strike again in the 61
st minute and was assisted by Bernardo Dos Santos Monteiro.
The Tar Heels responded with a goal in the 69
th minute with a goal from Hilli Goldhar.
Hevin Harr finished with three saves for the Panthers in the win.
No. 23 Lipscomb 2, Florida Atlantic 0 – Box Score
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic University men's soccer fell in defeat for the first time this season on Saturday night. The Owls were downed 2-0 by No. 23 Lipscomb University at home.
FAU fell behind 1-0 in the 13th minute off a Lipscomb corner kick and they would go into halftime trailing by the same score. The Bison extended their advantage to two shortly after the restart as the second half would grow increasingly chippy.
All totaled, eight yellow cards and three red cards were handed out between the two teams. Shot attempts favored Lipscomb 13-9 as did shots on goal (8-3). The Owls best chance to get on the board came in the 74th minute when Andreas Raisanen was denied on a diving save by LU goalkeeper Michael Sibley. At the other end, Neil Strauber finished with seven saves in goal for FAU.
The Owls return to action with their first road trip of the season next week. They'll face Army on Wednesday and Marist on Saturday in upstate New York.
No. 5/7 Wake Forest, UAB 0 – Box Score
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The UAB men’s soccer team fell to the No. 5/7 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 2-0 on Saturday night.
The two sides battled throughout the first half, but after 45 minutes the match stood still at 0-0.
The Deacons scored the go-ahead goal in the 67
th minute of the match off the foot of Leo Guarino. Wake Forest would add a second goal in the 74
th minute with a penalty kick from Babacar Niang.
No. 12 Charlotte 5, Georgia Southern 0 - Box Score
STATESBORO, Ga. – Another explosive second half, along with five goals from five different goal scorers pushed the Charlotte men's soccer team past Georgia Southern, 5-0, as head man Kevin Langan tied CLT's all-time wins record with his 117th dub as the Niners head coach.
The win pushed CLT's record to 3-0-0 on the year, while Southern fell to 0-3-0 on the young 2022 season.
The Niners saw goals from junior Matthew Kirk, seniors Alex Willis and Kameron Lacey, sophomores Filip Jauk and Caullum Watts.
Kirk finished the night with a trio of points all coming on the Niners first three goals, scoring an SC Top Ten worthy banger from outside the 18, before assisting on Willis' goal to later double CLT's lead.
The Niners opened the evening with an absolute bang as Kirk took control of possession just outside the 18, bulldozed through a pair of defenders and curled a shot into the top corner of the far post to give CLT a, 1-0, lead.
The reminder of the half was largely dominated by the 49ers, who outshot GS, 10-4, but were unable to find the back of the net again.
In the second half, the Niners scored early, often and seemingly with every touch of the ball. In a 15-minute span, Willis deflected/finished off a brilliant move just inside the six to put the Green & White up, 2-0.
Minutes later, Jauk stole the ball in the mid field and made a brilliant solo run that finished with him chipping Southern's keeper.
With less than a half hour remaining, Watts netted his first career collegiate goal, placing a gorgeous free kick into the upper 90 and just past the outstretched keepers' hands.
Lacey finished the scoring off and cemented the nights final score line after taking a brilliant chipped through ball from Dildy into the 18, before cooly placing it into the back of the net.