JEFFERSON CITY, TENN. — After playing on Wednesday to a dramatic draw, Men's Soccer made the trip to Carson-Newman University to take on the Eagles in South Athletic Conference action. The Wolves, looking to avenge the draw to previous opponents, Wingate, looked to stake their claim in conference play as season's end is right around the corner. Carson-Newman, at one time ranked in the country, proved to be challenging opponents, but Head Coach Justin Cook and his squad looked to play spoiler for Senior Night for the Eagles.

Kicking off the match, Carson-Newman looked to set the tone early by being the aggressors. Playing a high line, the Eagles sent off three shots in the first 10 minutes, but Newberry would counter with three shots of their own from sophomore Ferran Macian (Valencia, Spain) and sophomore Ethan Orozco (Dallas, Texas). The next ten minutes would prove the same as both teams exchanged shots with an early yellow card from sophomore Xavi Jul (Palma de Mallorca, Spain) capping off the 20 minute mark. 

The Eagles would soon turn up the intensity in the attacking half as the next 20 minutes would be dominated by Carson-Newman, firing four shots in the buildup until an opening goal would put the home team up heading into the half.

No strangers to playing from behind, the Wolves would need a quicker start to threaten goal against their SAC foes, but Carson-Newman would start faster, firing three shots in the first five minutes of the second half. Two shots from sophomore Harry McDonnell (Reading, England) would miss the target as the Wolves would find attacking momentum for the first time in the half.

It would be an intense and competitive match for the next 20 minutes with both teams exchanging shots, corners, and fouls in that span, testing senior Pablo Cubas (Playa Del Hombre, Spain) and forcing him to make big saves to keep the Wolves in the match. Newberry would hold strong until a second Carson-Newman goal would push the lead to two with less than 20 minutes left to play. A second goal in as many minutes would tally on for the Eagles to extend the lead to three. Seeing the match out, the Wolves would then make their final substitutions as Newberry College would drop their matchup on the road against the Eagles.

Men's Soccer is off this weekend before returning home to Smith Road Complex to take on Coker University on October 5, scheduled for a 4:30 PM kickoff.