MEMPHIS - The University of the South men's soccer team knocked out the 2-seed in Rhodes College, 1-0, in the quarterfinals of the 2021 Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Men's Soccer Tournament, Saturday afternoon from the Rhodes Soccer Field.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Score: (7) Sewanee (8-7-2) 1, (2) Rhodes (9-6-1) 0
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HOW IT HAPPENED
-Rhodes had nine shots in the first half, and they limited the visitors to four shots, but the contest remained scoreless after 45 minutes of play.
-Sewanee's defense stood tall in the second half. In the 60th minute, after a Sewanee yellow card was issued,
JP Furman made a big save off a free kick.
-However, after Rhodes committed a foul in the midfield, Sewanee's
Connor Dail sent a free kick just to the left of the midfield stripe perfectly in the box. However, a deflection off the Lynx keeper had the ball roll into the back of the net for an own goal.
SEWANEE KEY STATISTICS
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Evan Poole and
Severin Velasco had two shots on target to pace the Sewanee offense.
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JP Furman (8-6-1) secured the clean sheet with a career-best seven saves in full time.
RHODES KEY STATISTICS
-Jesus Tadeo had six shots, two on target, while Nico DeFilippis had four total shots for the Lynx.
-Nate Slota made one save in full time.
UP NEXT
Sewanee advances to the semifinals of the 2021 SAA Tournament in Atlanta on Friday. The Tigers will rematch with the 3-seed Colonels of Centre College. Match times will be announced on Monday.
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