Eagles top Ospreys

Tuesday, September 20

Rock Hill, S.C.

5:00 PM

University of North Florida

WINTHROP

9/20/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

Sept. 20, 2005

Box Score

ROCK HILL, S.C. - Two first-half goals by Winthrop's Saidi Isaac erased an early University of North Florida lead, as the Eagles went on to defeat the Ospreys 5-2 on Tuesday night at Eagle Field.

 

UNF (0-4-1), who was forced to play with a depleted roster due to injuries, jumped out to an early lead when freshman forward Rohan Culley snuck behind the Winthrop defense and converted a Martin Pettersson pass into a 1-0 Osprey lead just 9:21 into the match.

The goal marked Culley's team-leading third goal of the season, while Pettersson's assist was his second of the season.

"I really thought we played pretty well," UNF head coach Ray Bunch said. "We took the lead and the guys played hard, but we just weren't able to hold onto it. We made a couple of mistakes and were unlucky a couple more times and just couldn't hold on. Rohan played extremely well. Really all the guys did. The thing that hurt us was that we were playing short-handed and eventually Winthrop just wore us down."

The Eagles (4-3-0) responded in the 19^th minute of play, when Michael Chumah headed a Daniel Revivo cross past UNF sophomore goalkeeper Michael Frost to knot the match at a goal apiece.

Winthrop took the lead for good in the 25^th minute of play when Isaac scored the first of his two goals on a cross from Chumah. Isaac struck again in the 44^th minute of play to give Winthrop a 3-1 lead heading into the halftime intermission. Sean Weron was credited with the assist.     

The Ospreys opened the second half in the same fashion as the first with senior forward Terry Peak heading a Chris O'Brien pass past Winthrop goalkeeper Patrick Mitrovich to cut the Eagles' lead to 3-2.

The goal was the first of the season for Peak, who finished the 2004 season with two goals.

The Eagles added a pair of insurance goals late in the second half when David Kenga and Revivo netted balls at the 65:37 mark and the 86:16 mark of the match, respectively.

The Eagles outshot UNF 26-8, including an 11-5 shots on goal advantage.

Frost tallied six saves in the loss. The loss drops the Sydney, Australia, native to 0-4-1 on the season.

Andy Reid tallied the win for Winthrop.

UNF will be back in action on Sunday when it plays host to in-state rival UCF in its first home match of the season. The match is set to begin at 7 p.m. at UNF Soccer Field.