#23 West Virginia (1-0-0) – 1
Monmouth (0-1-0) – 0
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ - A 51
st-minute goal that dinged off the inside of the left post gave #23 West Virginia the win over the Monmouth University men's soccer team on Friday afternoon, 1-0. The Hawks created several chances, including shots on goal from freshman
Julian Gomez, junior
Chris Scheuerman, and sophomore
Robin Oswald, but could not find the back of the net. Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper
Sean Murray made seven saves in the loss. Monmouth drops to 0-1 on the season, and will look to bounce back when it hosts Penn next Friday night.
NOTES AND QUOTES
"I thought the guys played well against a very talented and well-coached West Virginia team. The foundation is being built, and it's an exciting group of young men to be around for our coaching staff." -
Monmouth Head Coach Robert McCourt
-Gomez had an early chance in the 10
th minute but it ended up just wide from 25 yards out.
-In the 51
st minute, the Mountaineers took a 1-0 lead. WVU's Ethan Shim hit one off the inside of the left post.
-Scheuerman got behind the defense in 59
th minute, but the WVU's Steven Tekesky made a diving save on the doorstep.
-In the 68
th minute, redshirt junior
John Antunes played a through ball inside the box to freshman
Anthony Arena, but the West Virginia goalkeeper came diving in to break it up.
-Oswald slid a shot to the right corner in the 77
th minute, but Tekesky got a hand on it to keep it 1-0.
NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Freshmen
Julian Gomez,
Ben Zakowski,
Anthony Arena, and
Griffin Tomas all made their first career appearances.
-Newcomers
Sebastian Rodriguez,
Pablo Fonseca, Oswald, and
Ryan Nigro also made their first appearances with the Hawks.
-WVU held the slight 7-5 advantage on corner kicks.
-Murray has 94 saves in 18 career games played.
-West Virginia takes a 2-1-1 all-time series lead.
UP NEXT
Monmouth will host Penn next Friday night at 7:00 PM.
