Salisbury, N.C.----The Catawba College Indians erased a 1-0 deficit against visiting Wingate University Saturday afternoon in South Atlantic Conference men's soccer action en route to a 3-1 victory. The Indians improve to 8-0-2 overall and 4-0-1 in the SAC, while the Bulldogs fall to 3-4-2 overall and 0-3-2 in league play.
KEY STATS
- Catawba out-shot Wingate 32-9
- The Indians held an 11-6 edge in shots on goal
- Each team took three corner kicks
- Catawba was called for 21 of the 38 fouls
- Each team had three yellow cards; the Bulldogs also received a red card
KEY BULLDOGS
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David Serdynski scored the Wingate goal
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Sven Hallgrimsson notched an assist
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Cole Freeman collected eight saves
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Bailey Rhodes and
Juan Campos each added two shots with a shot on goal apiece
FIRST HALF
- The Bulldogs opened the scoring in the 24th minute
- Serdynski scored off a Hallgrimsson assist to put the 'Dogs on top 1-0
- A lightning delay paused the game for an hour with nine minutes left in the half
- Catawba came out of the delay hot, scoring twice in the final eight minutes of the half
- A Joao Magalhaes goal off Giovanni Massacesi's assist tied it in the 38th minute
- A foul in the box led to a penalty kick in the 44th minute
- Magalhaes converted the PK to give Catawba a 2-1 halftime lead
SECOND HALF
- The Indians added to their lead 10 minute into the second half
- Alex Payton scored off a Magalhaes assist to make the final margin 3-1
UP NEXT
- Wingate is back in action Wednesday, traveling to Coker for a 7 p.m. start
