GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Coastal Carolina men's soccer program suffered its first loss of the 2022 season, as the Chanticleer dropped a non-conference match to the UNCG Spartans 5-1 on Friday night at the UNCG Soccer Stadium.
 
With the loss, Coastal Carolina drops to 2-1-0 overall on the season, while UNCG improves to 3-0-0 overall with the win.
 
UNCG, who received votes in this week's top 25 poll, struck first as the Spartans found the back of the net in the 20th minute when Steven Hernandez found his way around an attacking Joey Batrouni to put the host up 1-0. 
 
CCU freshman Maurice Hauser evened the score at 1-1 just a minute later, when the Bruggen, Germany, native received a pass from fellow teammate Noe Santos, who picked up the cross from Noah Glorioso for his third goal in as many contests for the Chanticleers. 
 
Following the break, UNCG was awarded a corner kick that Marco Afonso sent into the box that found the head of Emmanuel Hagan in the 52nd minute to give the Spartans a 2-1 advantage. The Spartans continued the scoring as Hernandez tallied his second goal of the night in the 54^th minute to make the score 3-1 in favor of the home team.
 
The Spartans' Hernandez completed the hat-trick as he found the empty net in the 72nd minute to give UNCG a 4-1 advantage. A diving header from Maycol Reyes with just 10 minutes left to play, tacked on the Spartans' final goal of the night to make the score 5-1. 

CCU remains on the road and in the Tar Heel State, as the Chanticleers will face off against (RV) Campbell on Monday night at 6 p.m. ET.
 
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