TicketsCINCINNATI – University of Cincinnati men's soccer won its opening game of the Columbus Crew Spring College League Saturday with a 2-1 victory over Marshall at Gettler Stadium. After an even 90 minutes, the Bearcats edged the Herd in a penalty-kick shootout to secure the win.
In its first competition of the spring season, the Red & Black struck first in the 13th minute when junior defender Aerin West (Sylvania, Ohio/Northview) deposited a score off of a sophomore midfielder Moritz Schaller (Austria/Vienna University) corner kick and touch by junior forward Rex Epps (Irmo, S.C./Dutch Fork/Army West Point) to put UC up 1-0. Marshall answered in the 36th minute with a goal by Jamil Roberts to even the match heading into halftime.
The second half was tightly-contested with both teams missing a couple open shots on goal. As such, the squads went into a penalty-kick shootout period to decide a winner. After both UC and MU failed to convert on their first attempts, the Bearcats reeled off three-straight tallies to pick up the victory.
For the game, the Red & Black totaled four shots on target and four corner kicks. Sophomore Darryn Commissiong (Pickering, Ontario/St. Mary Catholic) and Cameron Panley (Beverly Hills, Mich./Brother Rice) were active on the offensive end with four total shots and two shots on goal, respectively. Sophomore goalkeeper Noah Lawrence (Mitchellville, Md.) added three saves for the UC defense.
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The Bearcats will be back in action in the Crew Spring League Saturday, March 30 when they welcome Northern Kentucky to Gettler Stadium for a 4 p.m. ET kickoff
In its first competition of the spring season, the Red & Black struck first in the 13th minute when junior defender Aerin West (Sylvania, Ohio/Northview) deposited a score off of a sophomore midfielder Moritz Schaller (Austria/Vienna University) corner kick and touch by junior forward Rex Epps (Irmo, S.C./Dutch Fork/Army West Point) to put UC up 1-0. Marshall answered in the 36th minute with a goal by Jamil Roberts to even the match heading into halftime.
The second half was tightly-contested with both teams missing a couple open shots on goal. As such, the squads went into a penalty-kick shootout period to decide a winner. After both UC and MU failed to convert on their first attempts, the Bearcats reeled off three-straight tallies to pick up the victory.
For the game, the Red & Black totaled four shots on target and four corner kicks. Sophomore Darryn Commissiong (Pickering, Ontario/St. Mary Catholic) and Cameron Panley (Beverly Hills, Mich./Brother Rice) were active on the offensive end with four total shots and two shots on goal, respectively. Sophomore goalkeeper Noah Lawrence (Mitchellville, Md.) added three saves for the UC defense.
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The Bearcats will be back in action in the Crew Spring League Saturday, March 30 when they welcome Northern Kentucky to Gettler Stadium for a 4 p.m. ET kickoff