090115-uwsuperior
2
Winner UW-Superior UWSMSOC (1-0-0)
1
Augsburg College AUG (0-1-0)
Winner
UW-Superior UWSMSOC
(1-0-0)
2
Final
1
Augsburg College AUG
(0-1-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
UW-Superior UWSMSOC 1 1 2
Augsburg College AUG 0 1 1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Auggies edged in final minute in season-opener

MINNEAPOLIS -- Barinedum Kordah (JR, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Park Center HS) tied the game with a goal 40 seconds into the second half for Augsburg College, but a goal with 47 seconds left to play gave the University of Wisconsin-Superior a 2-1 win in a nonconference men's soccer game on Tuesday evening at Edor Nelson Field. 

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: UW-Superior 2, Augsburg 1
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 0-1-0 overall, UW-Superior 1-0-0 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Trailing 1-0 at halftime, Augsburg tied the game 40 seconds into the second half, when Kordah slid the ball home off a feed from Mohamed Sankoh (SR, Shoreview, Minn./Como Park HS).
• Augsburg outshot UW-Superior by a 10-9 margin and had six corner kicks to the Yellowjackets' zero. Nick Lenertz (JR, Newport, Minn./Park HS) had four saves in goal for the Auggies.
• Ngochinyan Ollor (SR, Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View HS) had three shots for the Auggies, while Kordah and Sam Connor (SR, Becket, Mass./Williston Northampton School) had two shots each.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Sankoh returned to the Augsburg roster after a two-season absence. He now has nine goals and three assists for 21 points in 48 career games (2010-12, 2015).
• In 37 career games, Kordah now has three goals and two assists for eight career points.

FOR THE FOES
• Trevor Laroche-Theun scored the game-winning goal for the Yellowjackets, heading home a feed from the left side by Ryan Wisdom in the 90th minute.
• Laroche-Theun assisted the first goal of the game, a blast by Jon Bucklew in the 18th minute.
• Ben Wilhelm had four saves in goal for UW-Superior.

QUOTES FROM AUGSBURG HEAD COACH GREG HOLKER
• "This was a good test of where we are after 12 days of training -- for both teams. Superior was a good opponent for us to face out of the gate. We played similarly, but they were sharper in their dangerous moments tonight and grabbed the win on that late long throw we didn't clear."
• "I liked a lot of what I saw -- a lot of it. We held 58 percent possession and connected out of the back very well. Our first-year centerbacks were both outstanding on the night. We used a total of six first-years in the game, and with a little more time they will gain confidence and adjust to the speed of these games. I am really excited about this season. It's a tremendous group to work with, and they have a lot to offer Augsburg soccer." 

UP NEXT
• Augsburg has its next four games on the road, starting with a weekend of games in the Milwaukee (Wis.) area, facing Carroll (Wis.) on Saturday (9/5) at 12 p.m., and the Milwaukee School of Engineering (Wis.) on Sunday (9/6) at 1 p.m.
• UW-Superior travels to face Luther (Iowa) on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Print Friendly Version