10/9/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
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DAVIDSON, N.C. – Davidson (7-5-1, 0-1 Southern) scored two second half goals and defeated Coastal Carolina men's soccer team (3-7-1, 0-2 Big South) 3-1 in a non-conference game on Sunday, October 9 in Davidson, N.C.
The game was scoreless for most of the first half (38:52) until Davidson junior Cass Baltz beat Coastal Carolina's goalkeeper Aaron Weant (Morrisville, N.C./Green Hope) off the feed from seniors Jeff Davis and John Latting to give Davidson the early one goal lead. The lead would hold going into the break.
At the intermission the Chanticleers held the 5-1 advantage in corner kicks but the Wildcats outshot Coastal 4-3 and held a 2-1 advantage in shots on goal. Freshman Brad Stisser (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Highlands Ranch) registered Coastal's shot on goal in the first half (9:21).
In the second half, Coastal got on the scoreboard (66:37) and tied the game at 1-1 all as sophomore Patrick Robertson (Woodlands, Texas/Woodlands) headed a ball in off the feed from fellow sophomore Lachlan Cahill (Kiama, Australia/Kiama) for his second goal of the season.
Davidson would untie the game (73:59) as freshman Ryan Adeleye beat the Coastal defense, who were playing a man down when a red card was issued to Robertson for taking down the Davidson goalkeeper Ben Ashton (67:49), to give the Wildcats a 2-1 lead.
Coastal now down a goal, went on the attack as shots by freshman Djamel Bekka (Tulsa, Okla./Union) and sophomore Dominic Rossi (Kellyville, Australia/Oakhill College (Macquarie)) went high and wide, respectively, on consecutive possessions (76:28).
Davidson would again answer the CCU attack as junior Mac Wilkie took the pass from Cass Baltz and beat Coastal for the third Wildcat goal of the afternoon (82:08) to give Davidson a commanding 3-1 lead.
For the game, Coastal senior Jordie Hughes (Victoria, B.C./Spectrum) led both teams with three shots but Davidson held an overall shot advantage of 13-11. Coastal ended up winning the corner kick battle 9-2 but still were defeated for the third straight game.
Coastal Carolina men's soccer team have a road conference game against High Point on Wednesday, October 12 at 4 p.m. before returning home to host non-conference opponent UNC-Greensboro on Saturday, October 15 at 11 a.m.
