Box Score
EMMITSBURG, Md. - Radford scored with 1:36 left in overtime to
down Mount St. Mary's 3-2 in non-conference men's soccer action on
Saturday.
Eric Detzel (York, Pa./Central York) dished out two assists for
the Mount (0-2) while Chris Wheeler (Newcastle, Australia/St.
Francis Xavier) and Kyle Patrick (Hershey, Pa./Hershey) each scored
their first goals of the season. Chris Davis (Townsville,
Australia/Kirwan State) made four saves in the loss.
After a foul right outside the top of the penalty box, Bernardo
Ulmo hit his free kick past the Mountaineers' defensive wall on a
low-line drive into the right netting at the 98:24 mark to propel
the Highlanders (1-0) to the win. Ulmo also added an assist while
Brian Gwanzura and Iyiola Awosika posted the first two tallies of
the match for the visitors. Ryan Taylor made four saves in the
winning effort.
Radford took an early 2-0 lead in its season opener in the first
eight minutes of the match. Mount St. Mary's battled back to tie
the game at 2, but the Highlanders got the decisive goal in
overtime to improve to 3-0-1 against the Mount.
Ulmo set up the first goal of the afternoon with a through ball
down the center of the field to Gwanzura, who knocked in his first
tally of year at the 5:20 mark. After a Mountaineer turnover, Kevin
Handlin passed the ball ahead to Awosika at 7:23 for a 2-0
lead.
Mount St. Mary's notched its first goal of the season in the
31st minute. Will Thomas (Mount Rainer, Md./The Heights) passed the
ball from the left to Detzel and then the senior tapped the ball to
Wheeler for his first goal of the season and 21st of his career to
crack the program's all-time career Top-10 in goals at the 30:35
mark.
Detzel then had a hand in the game-tying goal when he sent a
through ball ahead to Patrick for his first goal of the year at
48:12.
Both teams had several chances to break the tie the rest of the
way, but it wasn't until Ulmo scored in the extra session that the
standstill was broken.
The Mount had a flurry of chances after the game was tied after
Patrick (51st minute), Wheeler (53rd minute and 59th minute) each
had shots stopped by Taylor. Scott Phinith (Gaithersburg,
Md./Magruder) had a one-on-one with Taylor on the right side and
tried to hit the far post, but missed wide in the 69th minute. Ian
Hendrie (Potomac, Md./St. Andrews Episcopal School) gave the
Mountaineers their last shot in regulation missing wide in the 85th
minute and Patrick had the squad's only chance in the extra session
and missed wide in the 91st minute. Wheeler also missed a golden
chance to score in the first half when his header nicked off the
crossbar with 38 seconds left until intermission.
Along with moving into 10th place on the all-time career goal
list, Wheeler moved into third place on the Mount's Division I
chart. Detzel moved into eighth place on the Mount Division I
career assist list with 11 helpers.
Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Tuesday when the squad
hits the road for the first time in 2010 at Howard. Match time is 7
p.m.