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CONWAY – Coastal Carolina opened Sun Belt play with a home game against Appalachian State with the Mountaineers leaving Conway with a 2-1 victory over the Chants.
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Today's game was a physical affair with 24 total fouls and 3 yellow cards in the game. Coastal controlled most of the game out shooting the visitors 16-8 and had four shots on goal compared to ASU's two.
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The second half started off with both teams alternating scoring chances on both sides.
Yazeed Matthews began the scoring in the 71
st minute off of a corner kick by
Morten Timm.
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Appalachian State answered quickly by converting a close goal by Austin Hill deflecting off of CCU keeper Chris Datallo. App State took the lead on a rebound from a free kick in the 78
th minute by Alex Hernandez.
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Both of the Appalachian State goals were scored by non-starters. Coastal drops to 0-1 in Sun Belt play as App State moves to 1-0-1. CCU will take on national power Clemson on the road Tuesday night.
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