Box Score
Box score
ROCK HILL, S.C. - Despite coming into today with two shutouts in
its first two tournament contests, Anderson University men's soccer
allowed two second half goals, as Queens University of Charlotte
defeated the Trojans 2-0 to capture the 2013 Food Lion South
Atlantic Conference Tournament Championship Sunday afternoon at
Manchester Meadows.
The loss snaps a SAC Tournament winning streak of 11 straight
victories dating back to 2010, AU's first season in the SAC, as
Anderson's run to a fourth-straight conference championship was
halted. With the setback, AU falls to 12-6-3 and drops its second
straight match to Queens this season, falling in overtime to the
Royals on Sept. 25 in Charlotte.
With AU winning the shot battle 7-2 in a scoreless first half,
Queens got its opening goal in the 60th minute when eventual
Tournament MVP Thiago Andrade fed Ryan King the ball inside the
Anderson box. King was able to slide a shot past Trojan goalkeeper
Bo Haug for the first goal given up by AU in this year's conference
tournament.
After the goal, Anderson put more attacking personnel on the
field and fired seven shots for the remainder of the match, but was
unable to find its equalizer. Queens would eventually add an
insurance goal by Andrade with under a minute left in the match to
clinch the 2-0 victory. For Andrade, the goal was his 15th on the
season, which ties him for the conference lead.
For AU, redshirt sophomore and the team's leading scorer, Andre
Carle, led the Trojan attack with four shots on the afternoon, as
two came on goal. Junior Martin Brain, who was named to the
all-tournament team at the conclusion of the match, and freshman
Paul von Hinueber each tallied three shots apiece. Joining Brain on
the all-tournament team were defenders Lars Zimmerman and Alex
Delpy, announced by the league following the match.
Haug suffers his first loss since a 3-2 overtime setback to
Carson-Newman in the regular season finale. The freshman would
close the match with two saves on the afternoon, as QU's goalkeeper
Montrell Morgan recorded five saves.
AU had its chances throughout the match as the Trojans outshot
the Royals 19-8, and won the corner kick category, 10-1.
"I want to congratulate Queens today, it is very hard to win the
regular season and conference championships in the same season,"
head coach John Murphy said. "The difference was the first half, I
thought we had a good grip on the match, but Queens is a good team
they have a habit of creating chances, which they did today. Their
first goal came on a set piece we should not have given up, but I
felt we were a little unlucky throughout the match. We have a young
team, so sometimes we have to learn these lessons and suffer a
setback to grow. I hope the NCAA committee sees how well we've
played over the season and allows us to continue our season."
AU will learn its tournament fate on Monday when the NCAA will
air the NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Show at 7 p.m. on
NCAA.com.