Mountaineers Cruise Past Georgia Southern in Sun Belt Quarterfinals

Sunday, November 8

Morgantown, W.Va.

3 p.m.

West Virginia University

11-2-4, 6-1-2

Georgia Southern

6-7-4, 2-5-2

Team	1	2	Final F
Ga. Southern	0	0	0
West Virginia	1	3	4

Men's Soccer celebrates after scoring a goal

November 08, 2026 08:44 PM | Men's Soccer

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By: Adam Grossman

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 9 West Virginia University men's soccer team rolled to a 4-0 victory over Georgia Southern in the Sun Belt quarterfinals, Sunday afternoon at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. The top-seeded Mountaineers improve to 11-2-4 overall and advance to the semifinals against the winner between James Madison and Coastal Carolina.

Senior Pablo Pozos scored two goals while sophomores Juan Alvarez and Sammie Walker both had one. Juniors Isaac Scheer and Kanta Ishii each had two assists. Redshirt sophomore Toby Mawer made one save for his sixth consecutive shutout and the seventh straight for the Mountaineers, matching a program-record for consecutive shutouts, set in 2016.

Overall, the Mountaineers outshot the Eagles, 12-5, including a 5-1 edge in shots on goal while also holding a 2-1 advantage in corner kicks.

Pozos got WVU off to a fast start with a goal in the 10^th minute. Ishii played the ball into the box for Scheer, who centered it for Pozos. The Spaniard then easily knocked home the opening goal of the match.

Each team only managed one shot on goal the rest of the half as it remained a one-goal game after 45 minutes.

In the second half, the Mountaineers nearly doubled the lead in the 50^th minute when sophomore Harry Hogben hit the post and again in the 62^nd minute when graduate student Aurélien Cormier hit the crossbar.

West Virginia opened the floodgates in the final 10 minutes, scoring three goals to put the game away. It started in the 81^stminute on the third goal of the season by Alvarez, followed just a minute later by Pozos scoring his second goal of the game and ninth of the season. Walker capped the scoring in the 87^th minute, just 46 seconds after entering the game, with his sixth goal of the season.

The Mountaineers will host the Sun Belt semifinal on Wednesday, Nov. 11. Kickoff from Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium is set for 7 p.m.

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