Box Score CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Facing their crosstown rivals for the first time in a regular season match, the Queens University of Charlotte men's soccer team (0-2) fell to the two-time defending American Athletic Conference champions (1-1) at the Charlotte Soccer Field on Monday night by a final score of 6-0.

SCORING SUMMARY
28' – Charlotte – Natsuki Ogata (Assist Ben Fisher)
36' – Charlotte – Elias Arsvoll (Assist Tate Asante)
37' – Charlotte – Elias Arsvoll (Assist Tate Asante)
42' – Charlotte – Elias Arsvoll (Unassisted)
47' – Charlotte – Orthodoxos Orthodoxou (Unassisted)
82' – Charlotte – Elias Arsvoll (Penalty Kick)

TURNING POINT
After breaking the scoreless tie in the 28^th minute, the 49ers tandem of Elias Arsvoll and Tate Asante went to work to give Charlotte an early first-half cushion. Tate received a long ball down the right side of the box and lined up a pass into the box finding a sliding left boot of Arsvoll who put it away in the top left corner of the net. Just a minute later, the duo went back to work as a pass into the box was stomached by Asante and dished forward to Arsvoll who ripped home his second goal of the match.

KEY STATS & NOTES

• Despite a 17-9 final shot count, the 49ers converted their nine opportunities on goal while holding the Royals scoreless over five shots on target.
• Junior Cole Pumpian led the Royals attack with a career-high four shots, including three on goal.
• Senior forward Michel Feldman tallied a shot on target across 63 minutes of action.
• Making his second career appearance, Kyriakos Christodoulou ripped a pair of shots, including one on goal over 39 minutes of work.
• Freshmen Sindri Sigurdarson and Sigurdur Hakon Halldorsson rounded out the Royals offense with a shot in their second collegiate outings.
• Elias Arsvoll led the 49ers with a hat trick in just 16 minutes of work on the pitch.

 
UP NEXT
Queens will turn their attention to their home opener against UNC Asheville on Sunday, August 31^st at 6:00 p.m. Fans can purchase their tickets in advance here.

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