JOHNSON CITY, TENN. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's soccer team was unable to get past The Southern Conference (SoCon) foe ETSU on Friday night at Summers-Taylor Stadium with the Buccaneers taking a 6-0 victory.
HOW IT HAPPENED
ETSU had two early opportunities inside the first minute of the game hitting the crossbar before Tarik Pannholzer put the Bucs on the board at 2:12. ETSU's Gabriel Ramos followed with a shot on goal at 3:40, and the Spartans had two shots of their own that were saved by Hunter Cole.
At 8:18, UNCG's goalkeeper
Jarrett Payne was given a red card as he was pulled out of the box for a one-on-one situation making the Spartans play with 10. Four minutes later, the Bucs extended their lead to 2-0 off a header from Kieran Richards and continued the offensive attack with another tally at 22:18 from Chris McKenna for a 3-0 advantage.
Eight minutes into the second half, Ramos buried a penalty kick for ETSU for a 4-0 lead. Ramos found the back of the net once again in the 65
th minute adding on to the Bucs score, 5-0. In the 78
th minute, ETSU put one more past the Spartans with a header from Louie Salkeld.
BY THE NUMBERS
- ETSU outshot UNCG 22-6
- The Spartans and Bucs each had four saves.
- ETSU had eight corners to UNCG's four.
RECORDS
UNCG (1-8-3, 0-2 SoCon)
ETSU (4-5-2, 1-0-1 SoCon)
UP NEXT
UNCG completes a three-game road stretch traveling to Wilmington, North Carolina to face in-state non-conference foe UNC Wilmington on Tuesday, October 10 at 7:00 p.m. at UNCW Soccer Stadium.