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CINCINNATI – University of Cincinnati men's soccer was edged 1-0 by the UConn Huskies on Saturday afternoon at Gettler Stadium in a hard-fought battle between two American Athletic Conference foes.
With the loss, the Red & Black dropped to 5-5-1 on the year and 0-3 in league play, while UConn improved to 6-3-2 overall and 3-0 in conference action. Saturday marked the first Bearcats loss to the Huskies in Cincinnati in series history.
The two squads were neck and neck throughout with the visitors from Connecticut dodging multiple Bearcats bullets. With UC catching a number of bad breaks over the course of the game, a flip over UC's back line by UConn's Austin Dasilva to the AAC's leading goal scorer, Abdou Mbacke Thiam, in the 79th minute was the difference.
In a highly-competitive first half, the Bearcats were the aggressors early with freshman forward Darryn Commissiong (Pickering, Ontario/St. Mary Cathloic) nearly cashing in behind UConn's back line on a pair of occasions. UC got a shot of momentum in the 12th minute when redshirt freshman goalkeeper Pearce Skinner (Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc) turned away a Huskies penalty kick. UC had a great chance at a goal minutes later when sophomore midfielder David Sanz (Santander, Spain/IE La Marina) struck a free kick from about 20 yards out that ricocheted off the cross bar which sophomore defender Aerin West (Sylvania, Ohio/Northview) rebounded and headed into the waiting Huskies keeper during the 15th minute. Skinner came up big again in the 29th minute with a critical save on a UConn attack. The two teams battled to a scoreless first half.
The Red & Black was on the attack from the first kick of the second half when freshman midfielder Sean Clarke (Baltimore, Md./Loyola Blakefield) crossed the ball, near side, into the box, just missing Commissiong who was just feet from the goal in the 46th minute. The Bearcats weren't quite able to convert on multiple scoring chances before UConn broke the tie in the 79th minute. UC nearly added the equalizer in the 87th minute when Sanz sent a great ball behind the Huskies back line which Commissiong tracked down and beat the keeper, but a UConn defender came at the last second to clear the ball away. In the end, UConn capitalized on the one scoring chance it had in the second half, while the Bearcats were unable to cash in.
UC had the advantage in shots on goal, 6-3, and corner kicks, 6-2. Of the Huskies very few scoring opportunities, Skinner turned away two.
// UP NEXT
The Bearcats will have a week hiatus before returning to league action on Saturday, Oct. 14 in Philadelphia for a 7 p.m. kickoff against the Temple Owls.
CINCINNATI – University of Cincinnati men's soccer was edged 1-0 by the UConn Huskies on Saturday afternoon at Gettler Stadium in a hard-fought battle between two American Athletic Conference foes.
With the loss, the Red & Black dropped to 5-5-1 on the year and 0-3 in league play, while UConn improved to 6-3-2 overall and 3-0 in conference action. Saturday marked the first Bearcats loss to the Huskies in Cincinnati in series history.
The two squads were neck and neck throughout with the visitors from Connecticut dodging multiple Bearcats bullets. With UC catching a number of bad breaks over the course of the game, a flip over UC's back line by UConn's Austin Dasilva to the AAC's leading goal scorer, Abdou Mbacke Thiam, in the 79th minute was the difference.
In a highly-competitive first half, the Bearcats were the aggressors early with freshman forward Darryn Commissiong (Pickering, Ontario/St. Mary Cathloic) nearly cashing in behind UConn's back line on a pair of occasions. UC got a shot of momentum in the 12th minute when redshirt freshman goalkeeper Pearce Skinner (Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc) turned away a Huskies penalty kick. UC had a great chance at a goal minutes later when sophomore midfielder David Sanz (Santander, Spain/IE La Marina) struck a free kick from about 20 yards out that ricocheted off the cross bar which sophomore defender Aerin West (Sylvania, Ohio/Northview) rebounded and headed into the waiting Huskies keeper during the 15th minute. Skinner came up big again in the 29th minute with a critical save on a UConn attack. The two teams battled to a scoreless first half.
The Red & Black was on the attack from the first kick of the second half when freshman midfielder Sean Clarke (Baltimore, Md./Loyola Blakefield) crossed the ball, near side, into the box, just missing Commissiong who was just feet from the goal in the 46th minute. The Bearcats weren't quite able to convert on multiple scoring chances before UConn broke the tie in the 79th minute. UC nearly added the equalizer in the 87th minute when Sanz sent a great ball behind the Huskies back line which Commissiong tracked down and beat the keeper, but a UConn defender came at the last second to clear the ball away. In the end, UConn capitalized on the one scoring chance it had in the second half, while the Bearcats were unable to cash in.
UC had the advantage in shots on goal, 6-3, and corner kicks, 6-2. Of the Huskies very few scoring opportunities, Skinner turned away two.
// UP NEXT
The Bearcats will have a week hiatus before returning to league action on Saturday, Oct. 14 in Philadelphia for a 7 p.m. kickoff against the Temple Owls.