Sunday, September 13
Davidson, N.C.
3:15 p.m.
Davidson College
2-1-0
1
vs
3
Coastal Carolina
2-2-1
1
2
F
Coastal Carolina
1
2
3
Davidson
1
0
1
Junior Alex Caskey along with teammate Charlie Reiter were named to the all-tournament team.
Reiter and Caskey All-Tourney; M. Soccer Falls in Last Day of Davidson adidas Classic
9/13/2009 7:04:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Gavin McFarlin - Assistant SID
DAVIDSON, N.C. — Looking to close out the Davidson adidas Classic with a perfect mark, the Wildcat men's soccer team came up short as they fell by the count of 3-1 to Coastal Carolina, led by James Stapleton's two goals and an assist on Sunday afternoon in the last game of the classic at Alumni Stadium.
Earning a nod on the adidas Classic All-Tournament Team for the Wildcats was Charlie Reiter (Westort, Conn.), who netted his second goal of the season against the Chanticleers, along with Alex Caskey (Dunwoody, Ga.). Georgetown placed four players on the all-tournament team, while Coastal had three, and UNC Asheville and Davidson each placed two players on the team.
In the earlier game on Sunday afternoon, Georgetown defeated UNC Asheville 2-0.
Davidson suffered its first setback of the season to fall to 2-1-0, while Coastal Carolina ran its overall mark to 2-2-1. The Wildcats won its first game of the Classic on Friday, 2-0, over UNC Asheville.
The scoring started early with Coastal Carolina netting the first goal at the 1:52 mark when they fired off a shot in the box, only to have it saved by the Wildcats' Chip Sanders (Thomasville, Ga.), but the shot rebounded to Riley Phelps and he found the back of the net for a 1-0 Coastal lead.
Davidson continued to pressure the Chanticleers defense and knotted things up in the 19th minute on a nice play by Reiter. After two touches in the box by junior Yannick Pilgrim (Arima, Trinidad & Tobago) and freshman Brian McGue (Dublin, Ohio), the ball was sent in the air where Reiter prefectly timed it, jumping and kicking it out of the air over the head of the Coastal Carolina goalkeeper to the top shelf to tie things up at 1-apiece.
The tie would hold for the rest of the half and was that way until the 49th minute when Stapleton went one-on-two in the Wildcat backfield and put a shot past a diving Sanders to the left post, and Davidson trailed 2-1.
Coastal added an insurance goal at the 72:56 mark of the second half behind Stapleton again. After the Chanticleers' earned a free kick midway past midfield on the Wildcat side, the ball was shifted from the far side to the near sideline, when Austin Eanes sent a cross into the box and it was taken out of the air by Stapleton with a header to the far post for a 3-1 advantage for Coastal.
"It's a disappointing final score as we believed the game was there to be won for us," said head coach Matt Spear. "We are not happy about the three goals we allowed, and we should have been better on each. But, on the attacking side we still created ample enough chances to win the game. Of course we must learn from this experience, and realize the extra degree of execution and grit it takes to win."
Prior to falling behind 3-1, the 'Cats had a couple of great opportunities to hit the equalizer and tie things up at 2-all, but just missed out. In the 54th minute, Reiter sent a corner kick into the box where Yannick Pilgrim missed a header that sailed just over the crossbar.
Then a few minutes later, the Wildcats drew an obstruction foul in the box that set up a free kick just outside the six-yard box. Caskey lined up and fired a shot at the Chanticleers' wall that was blocked and then had another shot that went high.
Davidson finished with a 17-8 advantage in shots. The Wildcats also had 14 corner kicks, getting four of those in the last nine minutes of play.
Sanders came up with two saves in goal for the 'Cats, while Coastal's Taylor Kelliher had one.
Davidson takes a few days off before hitting the road for its next three contests, starting with a 7 p.m. game at Radford, Sept. 16.
Scoring Summary
1:52 CC Riley Phelps (James Stapleton)
19:42 DAV Charlie Reiter (2) (Yannick Pilgrim, Brian McGue)
49:22 CC James Stapleton (unassisted)
72:56 CC James Stapleton (Austin Eanes)
adidas Classic All-Tournament Team
Len Coleman- Georgetown
Seth C'deBaca- Georgetown
Chandler Diggs- Georgetown
Robert Burnett- Georgetown
Alex Russell- Coastal Carolina
Riley Phelps- Coastal Carolina
Luis Faz- Coastal Carolina
Lassi Hurskainen- UNC Asheville
Connor Holzinger- UNC Asheville
Charlie Reiter- Davidson
Alex Caskey- Davidson
Team Stats
COASTAL
DAV
Goals
3
1
Shots
8
17
Shots on Goal
5
2
Saves
1
2
Corners
2
14
Fouls
6
4
Scoring Plays
PHELPS,Riley
Assisted By: STAPLETON,James
rebound goal off a save from Davidson go
1:52
Charlie Reiter (3)
Assisted By: Yannick Pilgrim , Brian McGue
took ball out of air and kicked it over
19:42
STAPLETON,James
went one-on-three against defense and be
49:22
STAPLETON,James
Assisted By: EANES,Austin
long cross from near field into box, hea
72:56
Game Leaders
Players
Shots
4
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
1
Shots
1
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
1
Shots
5
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
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