Posted: Oct 22, 2016
The Basics
Score: Roanoke 3, Bridgewater 2
Records: Roanoke 8-4-3, 5-0-2 ODAC | Bridgewater 8-6-2, 3-4-0 ODAC
Location: Bridgewater, Va.
The Lead: The Roanoke Men's Soccer team topped Bridgewater 3-2 in ODAC action on Saturday in a match that saw the teams combine for four goals in the final seven minutes of play.
How it Happened:
- After a first-half that saw the teams muster a combined five shots, RC got on the board in the 68th minute when Tim Mahabir's free-kick from 20 yards out found the back of the net to put the Maroons up 1-0.
- The score stayed that way until the 83rd minute when Aaron McElhenny leveled the match for Bridgewater.
- Roanoke struck back just over a minute later when a Mahabir free-kick set up a Marc Hoppler for his team-leading fifth goal of the season which put RC up 2-1.
- Roanoke widened its advantage less than two minutes when a own goal by BC made it 3-1 RC in the 86th minute.
- Bridgewater would score in the 88th minute to cut it to 3-2 but that would be as close as it would get as Roanoke remains one of two unbeaten teams in ODAC play.
- Roanoke finished the match with an 11-7 edge in shots and 5-3 in corner kicks.
- Nick Tadros made one save for RC, while Mark Davis made five saves for BC, including four in the second-half.
Up Next: Roanoke travels to first-place Washington and Lee on Wednesday for a pivotal ODAC match at 3:30 p.m.
