11/2/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. — Coastal Carolina University and the College of Charleston's men's soccer squads each posted victories on day one of the Carolina Youth Development Center Men's Soccer Classic to set up a showdown on Saturday afternnon at Patriots Point Field.
Coastal Carolina (6-6-1) defeated The Citadel (0-13) 4-1 in the opener, while the College of Charleston (4-9-1) defeated Elon University (6-9) 1-0 in the nightcap.
In Coastal's victory over The Citadel, the Chanticleers took an early 1-0 advantage on an own goal by the Bulldogs. The Chanticleers Joseph Ngwenya served the ball into the box where The Citadel's Robert Burnham deflected the pass into the left corner of his own net for the early Chanticleer advantage at 29:06.
Coastal stretched the margin to 2-0 with 17:10 remaining on a penalty kick goal by Tobin Whitmarsh. The Bulldogs cut the margin to 2-1 with 11:29 left on a goal by Cody Bragg. Freshman Mike Littlefield scored with 10:12 left, and Ngwenya tallied with 8:12 remaining for the final margin.
Jeff Files' goal from about 15 yards out with just under 33 minutes remaining lifted the College of Charleston to its shutout victory over Elon. Files scored the game's only goal when he found the back of the net with 32:53 left in the match off an assist from Ricardo Diaz Granados.
The final day of the Classic is set for Saturday with College of Charleston taking on Coastal Carolina at 2:00 p.m., followed by Elon and The Citadel.
