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Men's Soccer Falls to No. 13 Coastal Carolina

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Men's Soccer Falls to No. 13 Coastal Carolina

CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College men's soccer team dropped a Wednesday night contest to No. 13 Coastal Carolina on PC's Senior Night, falling to the Chanticleers by a 3-0 margin.

PC moves to 3-13-0 on the year and 3-5-0 in Big South Conference play. Coastal Carolina improves to 15-2-0 overall and 8-0-0 in league play.

The Blue Hose held the Chanticleers scoreless in the second half but three first-half goals from Coastal Carolina proved enough to give the visitors the win.

At halftime, PC honored seniors Bobby Keskey (Louisville, Ky.) and Thomas Palma (Greenville, S.C.). The players each serve as co-captain and have appeared in every PC win over the last three years.

Coastal Carolina entered the match with the No. 10 ranking in the Soccer America poll and 12th spot in the SoccerTimes.com poll. The National Soccer Coaches Association of America and CollegeSoccerNews both tabbed the Chanticleers at No. 13.

Ignacio Monchetti (Montevideo, Uruguay) led the Blue Hose with three shots and two on goal. Jared Mitchell (Huntington, Ala.) also posted a shot on goal for PC.

PC goalkeeper Ethan Watson (Taylorsville, Ga.) played the first half before Tanner Osborne (Lexington, S.C.) took over at halftime. Each player made four saves on the night.

Monchetti gave PC one of its best opportunities of the match with a shot in the seventh minute. Taking a free kick outside the goal box, the freshman fired a shot that Coastal Carolina goalkeeper Scott Angevine had to dive to keep out of the net.

The Chanticleers found the net in the 24th minute as Pedro Ribiero sent in a through pass to Ashton Bennett, who finished the run with a shot across the goal box to put Coastal Carolina up, 1-0.

Justin Portillo scored for Coastal Carolina less than two minutes later, taking a loose ball and converting into the lower right corner to extend the Chanticleer lead to two goals.

The final Chanticleer goal came in the 31st minute as Pedro Ribiero fired home a rebound off of a Watson save on a TeeJay East shot from in close.

Monchetti tested Angevine again early in the second half but was not able to tally his third goal of the season.

Osborne held the deficit at three with four saves scattered throughout the final stanza. Oliver Nobels (Columbia, S.C.) made a stellar defensive play in the half, streaking back downfield to interrupt an attempted cross in the goal box.

PC wraps up its season on Saturday with a road trip to UNC Asheville. The Blue Hose face off against the Bulldogs at 2 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Thomas Palma

#23 Thomas Palma

D
6' 0"
Freshman
Bobby Keskey

#6 Bobby Keskey

M
5' 10"
Sophomore
Oliver Nobels

#19 Oliver Nobels

D
5' 8"
Freshman
Tanner Osborne

#27 Tanner Osborne

GK
6' 2"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Thomas Palma

#23 Thomas Palma

6' 0"
Freshman
D
Bobby Keskey

#6 Bobby Keskey

5' 10"
Sophomore
M
Oliver Nobels

#19 Oliver Nobels

5' 8"
Freshman
D
Tanner Osborne

#27 Tanner Osborne

6' 2"
Freshman
GK