Queens University of Charlotte
University of North Carolina - Pembroke
10/23/2010 11:05:05 PM | Men's Soccer
The Royals tied with UNC-P.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The men's soccer team at Queens University of Charlotte left the Queens Sports Complex tonight with a 1-1 tie against UNC-Pembroke. The double overtime tie breaks the Royals' six game skid. Queens (3-5 4-9-1) is in seventh place in Conference Carolinas while UNC-Pembroke holds a 4-8-3 overall record and a 1-5-1 Peach Belt Conference record.
Queens took eight shots to the Braves' five in a scoreless first half of play.
The Royals were persistent early in the second half scoring a goal at 48:05. Bryan White (Albany, N.Y., Bethlehem Central) broke free to attack the goal. The Braves' keeper left the net to challenge White deflecting the ball to Matthew Crane (Belmont, N.C., South Point ). Crane took a shot that was saved by a UNC-Pembroke player. The saved ball found White's head for the goal putting the Royals up 1-0.
UNC-Pembroke evened the score ten minutes later. Payne Clark took a free kick that Alex Clark headed to a slicing Brett Luccia. Luccia snuck in behind Royals' keeper to place the ball in the net tying the game at 1-1.
Neither team could score the golden goal in either overtime taking only three shots combined.
The Royals finished the game outshooting the Braves 20-11. UNC-Pembroke won 11 corner kicks.
Simen Walmann (Nevlunghavn, NORWAY, Toppidrettsgymnaset) tallied six saves while Ryan Hanson of the Braves collected five.
Queens will travel to Brevard to face the Tornados on October 25th at 4:00 p.m.
