10/15/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Oct. 15, 2010
Coastal Carolina (7-4-1, 3-1-0) vs. Gardner-Webb (4-7-0, 2-1-0)
Saturday | 10.16.10 | 7 p.m.
Boiling Springs, N.C. | Greene-Harbison Field
CONWAY, S.C. - The Coastal Carolina men's soccer team looks for its fourth straight win when the Chanticleers travel to Boiling Springs, N.C., to face Gardner-Webb Saturday at 7 p.m. from Greene-Harbison Field.
Coastal Carolina (7-4-1, 3-1-0) enters the weekend coming off a thrilling 1-0 double overtime win over UNC Asheville Wednesday afternoon in Conway. Freshman Pedro Ribeiro netted the game-winning goal in the 102nd minute to life the Chanticleers to its second overtime win of the season.
Ribeiro and fellow newcomer Justin Portillo lead the Chanticleer offensive attack with nine points a piece, ranking the duo tied for 10th in the Big South in points. Ribeiro has scored four goals and collected one assist thus far this season and ranks tied for sixth in the league in goals. In addition, the Belo Horizonte, Brazil, native is tied for first in the conference with three game-winning goals.
Portillo, meanwhile, has scored a pair of goals and dished out five assists and is tied for second in the Big South in assists.
Junior keeper Scott Angevine has allowed just one goal over the last three games and is tops in the Big South with a 0.72 goals against average. The Kansas City, Kan., native is also first in the conference with a .824 save percentage and is tied for first with five shutouts.
Gardner-Webb (4-7-0, 2-1-0) picked up a 2-0 win over VMI Saturday in its last game to win back-to-back conference games after falling at High Point earlier in the year.
Freshman midfielder Nicolas Wrobel leads the Bulldogs with 12 points on five goals and two assists, while senior midfielder Romeo Kabanda is second on the team with nine points on three goals and three assists.
Coastal Carolina is 1-1-1 in the all-time series with Gardner-Webb in the all-time series that dates back to the 2006 season. The Chanticleers won 3-1 last season at the Coastal Carolina soccer field for their first win over the Bulldogs. The two teams played to a 1-1 draw in 2006 in the first meeting between the two schools, while Gardner-Webb won 2-1 in 2008.
