DAYTON - The University of Dayton men's soccer team earned its seventh victory of the season with a 2-1 win over West Virginia University Tuesday at Baujan Field.
The Flyers (7-0-1, 1-0-1 A-10) remain unbeaten while the Mountaineers (2-6-1) lost their third straight game to a ranked opponent on the road.
KEY MOMENT
- 13th minute of 1st half – Dayton scored two goals 31 seconds apart from each other to take the commanding lead.
SCORING BREAKDOWN
- 13:40 – Senior Forster Ajago scored his fifth goal of the year with a quality volley off the cross from freshman Joseph Melto Quiah, his fourth assist.
- 14:11 – Freshman Basit Umar scores from 20 yards out, his first goal of the year, off the pass from senior Andy sanchez.
- 81:23 – West Virginia got a goal back in the 82nd minute from Joseph Biafora.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Dayton outshot West Virginia 16-10 and put half of those attempts on target.
- Umar had a team-high four shots and scored his first goal as a Flyer. All four of his attempts were on goal.
- Goalkeeper Dario Caetano had five saves in the contest.
- West Virginia attempted just one corner kick in the game.
- There were four cautions in the game, three for WVU and one for UD.
COACH'S COMMENTS
"I thought we played exceptional in the first half which ended up being the difference in the game," said head coach
Dennis Currier. "I thought in the second half we stopped running and WVU did well pinning us in. The back four showed a lot of will though to seal the win for us. We knew it would be a difficult game for us since they made a deep run in the national tournament last season."
UP NEXT
- The Flyers will remain at home to host George Mason Saturday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. at Baujan Field.
