10/1/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
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BIRMINGHAM, ALA. – Despite a second half goal from senior Jordie Hughes (Victoria, B.C./Spectrum) Coastal Carolina men's soccer team (3-5-1, Big South 0-1) dropped a 3-2 decision to Birmingham-Southern (5-3-1, Big South 2-0-1) in Birmingham, Ala. on Saturday, Oct. 1.
Birmingham-Southern senior Thimo Langer scored the first goal of the afternoon, his fifth of the season, unassisted (24:07) to give BSC the early 1-0 lead.
The score remained 1-0 until shortly after the break when BSC increased their lead to 2-0 as senior Martin Zaluk took the feed from Jason Sabio (46:14).
Coastal cut the lead in half when sophomore Dominic Rossi (Kellyville, Australia/Oakhill (Macquarie)) took a rebounded shot from Hughes that hit the post and beat the Panthers goalkeeper Joe Nasco (64:14). For Rossi it was his fourth goal of the season and it was Hughes' third assist of the year.
Birmingham-Southern got the lead back to two goals shortly after (65:35) the CCU goal as sophomore Gino Cozzolino took the pass from senior Karim Dietz and Zaluk and beat Chanticleers keeper Ryan Nowak (Katy, Texas/Katy (UNC Greensboro)).
Hughes brought Coastal to within a goal as he scored off a penalty kick (82:43), his third goal of the campaign, but that was as close as the Chants could get as they dropped their first conference game of the season 3-2.
The loss drops Coastal goalkeeper Aaron Weant (Morrisville, N.C./Green Hope) to 0-3 on the season while Nasco improved his record to 5-3-1 this year
Coastal were outshot by Birmingham 17-11 although it held the 6-5 advantage on shots on goal and 8-1 advantage on corner kicks.
Coastal Carolina's men's soccer team returns home to host its first conference game of the season as the Radford Highlanders come in for a 4 p.m. at CCU Soccer Field.
