A successful penalty kick by Casey Gold lifted the College of Charleston over Appalachian State in SoCon men's soccer action on senior night at Patriots Point field Saturday night.

“It was a great competitive game,” said CofC Head Coach Ralph Lundy.  “What a tough game.  But we turned the tide with effort and created chances.” 

The win brings the Cougars' record to 10-4-1 overall and 4-1-0 in the conference, while the Mountaineers fall to 6-7-3 overall, 2-4-1 in league play.

The first half proved to be a physical defensive battle with a combined five more fouls than shots and one caution.

At the end of the first 45 minutes of play, the game remained scoreless.  The Cougar defense of Doug Edwards, Ryan Kell, Branko Gavric and Sean Bateau held the Mountaineers to just three first-half shots.  CofC had five shots of its own. 

The Cougars came close to scoring in the first half when Kareem Yearwood caught ASU goalie Greg Walters off his post.  Yearwood took a shot on goal but sent the ball just over the crossbar. 

Gold put the Cougars on the board after the Mountaineers committed a foul in their own penalty box.  He took the penalty shot and found the back of the net for his first goal of the season, putting CofC up 1-0 (62:00).

“I'm real proud of my boys,” Lundy continued.  “Corbin (Waller) was again just amazing in the goal, he made the game-saving play.”

CofC held a final shot advantage of 12 shots to 10, with eight taken on goal.  Senior goalie Corbin Waller made seven saves in the effort and Walter made seven stops of his own.

The Cougars will finish the regular season on the road as they travel to Statesboro, Ga., to take on Georgia Southern at 6 p.m. on Tues., Oct. 23.