Mountaineers Win Third Straight at Georgia Southern

Friday, October 11

Statesboro, Ga.

7 p.m.

West Virginia University

8-0-3, 3-0-1

Georgia Southern

5-2-3, 1-1-1

West Virginia

Ga. Southern

Photo by: Georgia Southern Athletics

October 11, 2024 10:01 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

By: Adam Grossman

STATESBORO, Ga. – The No. 4 West Virginia University men's soccer team won its third straight game and remained unbeaten on the season, Friday with a 4-2 victory at Georgia Southern. The Mountaineers improve to 8-0-3 overall and 3-0-1 in the Sun Belt while the Eagles fall to 5-2-3 and 1-1-1 in conference play.

Junior Marcus Caldeira tallied a brace, scoring goals early in the first and second half. Graduate student Sergio Ors Navarro scored his nation's best 11^th goal of the season while also adding his first two assists of the season. The final goal came from freshman Isaac Scheer, the first of his career.

A trio of Mountaineers reached milestones on the evening as Caldeira and Ors Navarro each eclipsed the 50-career point mark while head coach Dan Stratford earned his 50^th win as head coach of West Virginia.

Overall, WVU outshot Georgia Southern, 14-11, while shots on goal were even at six. Each team took three corner kicks while both sides committed 11 fouls in the evenly matched contest.

Caldeira opened the scoring in the 6^th minute, flicking the ball into the back off the net off a low cross into the box from Ors Navarro. A few moments later in the 10^th minute, Ors Navarro took a pass from senior Frederik Jorgensen before getting his shot past the keeper to double the Mountaineer lead.

Georgia Southern got one goal back in the 27^th minute. The Eagles nearly tied the game on a corner kick before the half, but redshirt-senior Marc Bonnaire made one of his season-high four saves to keep WVU on top.

It took only 41 seconds in the second half for Caldeira to pad the Mountaineer lead, curling a left-footed shot past the goalkeeper and into the side netting.

The Eagles got back within one in the 64^th minute, but Scheer answered in the 69^th minute, knocking a rebound into the open net.

The Mountaineer defense allowed just three shots in the final 20 minutes, none of which were on target, to secure the road victory.

West Virginia will remain on the road for its next contest at Dayton, Tuesday, Oct. 15, the final non-conference match of the season. Kickoff from Baujan Field is set for 7 p.m.

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