Box score
WINGATE, N.C. - Wingate senior Jamie McKenna scored the
game-winning goal in the 95th minute of action as the Anderson
men's soccer team had its seven-match win streak snapped by the
19th-ranked Bulldogs, 2-1, in South Atlantic Conference play
Wednesday night at the WU Soccer Complex.
Both teams entered the contests with lengthy win streaks on the
line, and the Bulldogs extended theirs to 10 as the squads battled
for position in next week's conference tournament.
Anderson dropped to 11-5-1 overall and 6-3 in the league, while
Wingate improved to 13-2 and 7-1 in conference action.
Wingate junior Felippe Imperatriz gave the Bulldogs the lead
with his goal at the 26:55 mark and the two teams went to the
locker rooms at the half with WU holding the advantage.
Anderson's Mark Smith notched the equalizer with less than 15
minutes on the clock after taking a feed from Lasse Sohrweide, the
league's reigning conference Player of the Week.
Sohrweide nearly gave the Trojans a lead in the final moments
when his second shot of the night was just high and caromed off the
crossbar in the 88th minute.
AU held a 7-4 edge in corner kicks, but Wingate outshot the
Trojans, 10-7, on the night. Sohrweide and teammate Clement Samson
each tallied two shots.
The final conference tournament seedings will be determined at
the conclusion of league play on Saturday night, with the
Lenoir-Rhyne/Tusculum contest, which is slated to begin at 8
p.m.
Eight teams will qualify for the league tournament, with the
first round being played at the home of the higher seed and the
winners advancing to Manchester Meadows in Rock Hill, S.C. for the
semifinals and championship. Men's quarterfinal action will take
place on Wednesday, Nov. 3rd.