College of Charleston
Ohio State
Men's Soccer Bested by No. 18 Ohio State in Season Opener
9/4/2010 2:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
COLUMBUS, OHIO - The College of Charleston men's soccer team fell, 1-0, in its opening match of the Bert and Iris Wolstein Classic at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Friday night action. The Cougars were kept off the board and allowed a 24th-minute goal to fall, 1-0.
The Cougars are now 0-1-0 on the year and the No. 10 Buckeyes are 1-0-0.
"We started out slow in the match and they were able to capitalize on it," said head coach Ralph Lundy. "We looked a lot better in the second and were able to create some attacking chances but couldn't find the net."
The Buckeyes converted in the 24th minute with a strike by Chris Hegngi and assists from Sam Scales and Omar Vallejo.
The Cougars were outshot in the contest by a 16-11 margin. Andy Craven (St. Simon's Island, Ga.) led the Cougars with three shots. Kareem Yearwood (Sousou Island, Tobago); Sean De Silva (Port of Spain, Trinidad); and Ralph Lundy, III (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) each fired two shot attempts for the Cougars.
Freshman goalkeeper Kees Heemskerk (Zaandam, Holland) went the distance in net for the Cougars and registered six saves.
The Cougars will round out their participation in the tournament with a Sunday afternoon contest at 12 p.m. against Penn State.
"We definitely have a tough test in Penn State on Sunday," said Lundy. "Hopefully we can take what we did in the second half of tonight's game and put two halves together to come away with a win."
