Jefferson City, Tenn.----The third-seeded Tusculum University Pioneers scored twice in the final 25 minutes, breaking a 1-1 tie en route to a 3-1 victory over sixth-seeded Wingate University in quarterfinal action of the 2018 South Atlantic Conference men's soccer tournament. Tusculum improves to 9-6-1 overall, advancing to Friday's SAC Tournament semifinals, while the Bulldogs fall to 8-5-1 overall.

KEY STATS

- The Pioneers outshot Wingate 20-8 on the night
- Tusculum held a 9-4 advantage in shots on goal
- Tusculum took 11 of the 15 corner kicks
- Each team had 15 fouls; contest also had two yellow cards and two red cards
- Ayuk Tambe scored a pair of goals for the Pioneers
- Jonny Winter also found the back of the net for Tusculum
- Soren Nygaard scored for the Bulldogs
- Rob Tomlin notched an assist for Wingate
- Dario Ljubic and Fabian Proesch had assists for the Pioneers
- Victor Spaggiari had five saves for the Bulldogs

NOTES

- Wingate is the defending SAC Tournament champion
- The Bulldogs have won two of the last three SAC Tournament titles
- 'Dogs fall to 12-13-3 all-time against the Pioneers
- WU falls to 3-9-1 at Tusculum

FIRST HALF

- Tusculum outshot Wingate 6-3
- Tambe started the scoring in the 17th minute off a Ljubic assist

SECOND HALF

- The Pioneers outshot the Bulldogs 14-5 in the second half
- Nygaard tied it in the 63rd minute off Tomlin's assist
- Fourth goal of the season for Nygaard
- Tusculum regained the lead four minutes later on Tambe's second goal of the night
- Winter capped the scoring with 43 seconds left off a Proesch assist