CofC Men's Soccer Falls Short to VCU, 2-1 - CofCSports.com--Official Web site of College of Charleston Athletics

Saturday, September 18

Richmond, VA

12:30pm

College of Charleston

Virginia Commonwealth

CofC Men's Soccer Falls Short to VCU, 2-1 - CofCSports.com--Official Web site of College of Charleston Athletics

9/18/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

#articleRelated { display: none !important; } The VCU men's soccer team scored two goals in the first half and were able to hang on to that lead despite a second-half College of Charleston rally and take the final 2-1 win in the first game of the Richmond/Nike Challenge being held this weekend at First Market Stadium.

VCU's first goal came at the 22:02 from Dominic Oduro off the Samuel Asante assist. 15 Minutes later at 37:05, VCU took the lead up 2-0 with the score by Mike Aust. The assist was credited to Veit Schaidinger. That lead would hold going into the second half.

Charleston cut the margin to one in the second half with a goal at 59:32 from Troy Lesesne, who was assisted by Darren Toby. The Cougars had several attempts the rest of the half but could not convert and VCU came away with the 2-1 victory.

The Cougars out-shot VCU 14-2 and had more saves at 6-3. The College of Charleston also led in corner kicks 6-3.

Ricardo Opoku led VCU with five shots, while Tony Myers led the Cougars with three shots.

Charleston will face Richmond for its second game of tournament action Sunday Sept. 19th with a 12:30 first kick.

Soccer Game Summary (Final)
2004 CofC Men's Soccer
CofC vs VCU (Sep 18, 2004 at Richmond, Va.)

Coll. of Charleston (2-3-0) vs. VCU (3-2-0)
Date: Sep 18, 2004 Attendance: 284
Weather: Overcast and cool

Goals by period 1 2 Tot
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Coll. of Charleston. 0 1 - 1
VCU................. 2 0 - 2

SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 22:02 VCU Oduro, Dominic (Asante, Samuel)
2. 37:05 VCU Aust, Mike (Schaidinger, Veit)
3. 59:32 COFC Troy Lesesne (Darren Toby)

Shots: Coll. of Charleston 14, VCU 12
Saves: Coll. of Charleston 6 (Keith Wiggans 5; TEAM 1), VCU 3 (Montero, Saul 3)