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PC Celebrates Big South Tourney win over Radford
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Radford RAD (2-11-4, 1-4-2)
3
Winner Presbyterian PC (7-7-5, 3-3-1)
Radford RAD
(2-11-4, 1-4-2)
1
Final
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Presbyterian PC
(7-7-5, 3-3-1)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Radford RAD 1 0 1
Presbyterian PC 1 2 3

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | PC Athletic Communications

Presbyterian Runs Past Radford to Advance to Big South Tourney Semifinals

CLINTON, S.C.  – Behind goals from Jonas Sundli-Hardig, Iragi Kalala, and AJ Acree and a total team defensive performance, the Presbyterian Blue Hose (7-7-5) beat the Radford Highlanders (2-11-4), 3-1, in the Big South Tournament quarterfinals in Martin Stadium on Tuesday evening.
 
With the win, the Blue Hose advanced to the Big South Tournament semifinals for the second straight season.
 
THOUGHTS FROM COACH FINOTTI
"Radford made it difficult for our team. We had 10 shots in the second half after we made some adjustments at halftime. I thought we were very clinical in the second half.  We scored three really good goals. I am really proud of our team."
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HOW IT HAPPENED
  • In the 26th minute, Kalala made a run down the right side of the box toward the end line, and he crossed the ball to Sundli-Hardig at the top of the box. Sundli-Hardig blasted the ball into the left corner of the goal, giving the Blue Hose a 1-0 lead. Sundli-Hardig's goal was his second of the season.
  • In the 41st minute, Radford tied the score when Hiromasa Iwai shot from 10 yards out, glanced off a Blue Hose defender, and went just inside the right post, tying the score at one.
  • In the 85th minute, Presbyterian's Bryce Burdette sent a long pass to the top of the box to Kalala, who beat two defenders and put the ball past Radford's goalkeeper Ben Miller into the right corner of the goal, giving the Blue Hose a 2-1 lead. Kalala's goal was his sixth of the season.
  • In the 86th minute, Presbyterian's Aloni Elfu passed the ball to Braden Gritz near the top of the box. Gritz passed the ball to the left side of the box to Acree, who blasted the ball into the back of the net for the game's final goal. Acree's goal was his second of the season.

NOTABLES
  • Presbyterian finished the game with a 15-8 advantage in shots, with 10 of those shots coming in the second half. Kalala paced the Blue Hose with four shots. Acree recorded three shots. Steven Cordova, Rivers Krask, Sundli-Hardig, and Elfu tallied two shots apiece.
  • Goalkeeper Tim Baerwalde anchored a Blue Hose defense that held Radford to three shots on goal. Baerwalde picked up two saves in the game.
 
UP NEXT
Presbyterian travels to Boiling Springs, North Carolina, to play the second-seed Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs in the semifinals of the Big South Tournament this Sunday, November 9, at 6 p.m.
 
 
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