Sept. 14, 2008

Box Score

NORFOLK, VA--Kevan George's second half goal lifted the Knights of UCF to a 1-0 victory over Old Dominion Sunday afternoon in the 33rd Stihl Soccer Classic. William and Mary tied Massachusetts, 2-2 in the earlier match. The Tribe wins the tournament with UCF taking second.

With 34 minutes left in the match, George received a pass on a throw in from Cameron Cooksey and punched it in for the score. ODU outshot UCF, 15-6 overall and 5-2 in shots On goal. UCF's goalkeeper Sean Johnson made five saves on the day, including two late In the match.

Trevor Banks and Nane Joseph were named to the All-Tournament squad.

In the other Stihl match William and Mary and UMass fought to a 2-2 double-overtime tie. Tournament MVP Nathaniel Baako of William and Mary tied the match with a little more than four minutes left in regulation. Baako also scored the Tribes first goal in the opening half. UMass goals were scored by Chris Vaccaro and Bryant Craft.

Shots on goal were even at 14 a piece. Andrew McAdams of William and Mary had five saves on the day.

ODU returns to action next Friday when they host Bryant University at 8:00 p.m. after the ODU women's match against Akron at 6 p.m.

UCF  0-1=1
ODU 0-0=0
61:33 UCF  Kevan George from Cameron Cooksey

Shots: ODU (15), UCF (6)
Corners:ODU (5), UCF (4)
Saves: ODU-Brennan Kirkpatrick (1), UCF-Sean Johnson (5)

GAME ONE
UMASS  1-1-0-0=2
W&M      1-1-0-0=2

17:42 WM  Nathaniel Baako from Jeremy Harris and Price Thomas
19:55 UMASS  Chris Vaccaro from Tony Bassett and MikeDeSantis
83:49UMass Bryan craft from Mark deSantis
86:35 UMASS  Nathaniel Baako from Alan Koger and Roger Bothe

Shots: UM (14), W&M (14)
Corners: UM (6), W&M(3)
Saves: UM-Zack Simmons (2); WM-Andrew McAdams(5);TM (1)

STIHL ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM

All-Tournament
Ben Arikian  UMAss
Zack Simmons -Umass
Trevor Banks-ODU
Nane Joseph -ODU
Bryan Collier UCF
Kevan George-UCF
Yaron Bacher -UCF
Doug McBride-WM
Price Thomas-W&M
Roger Bothe-W&M
Nathaniel Baako -W&M  MVP