Sept. 14, 2008
NORFOLK, VA--Kevan George's second half goal lifted the Knights of UCF to a 1-0victory over Old Dominion Sunday afternoon in the 33rd Stihl Soccer Classic. Williamand Mary tied Massachusetts, 2-2 in the earlier match. The Tribe wins the tournament withUCF taking second.
With 34 minutes left in the match, George received a pass on a throw in from CameronCooksey and punched it in for the score. ODU outshot UCF, 15-6 overall and 5-2 in shotsOn goal. UCF's goalkeeper Sean Johnson made five saves on the day, including two lateIn the match.
Trevor Banks and Nane Joseph were named to the All-Tournament squad.
In the other Stihl match William and Mary and UMass fought to a 2-2 double-overtime tie.Tournament MVP Nathaniel Baako of William and Mary tied the match with a little more than four minutes left in regulation. Baako also scored the Tribes first goal in the opening half.UMass goals were scored by Chris Vaccaro and Bryant Craft.
Shots on goal were even at 14 a piece. Andrew McAdams of William and Mary had five saveson the day.
ODU returns to action next Friday when they host Bryant University at 8:00 p.m. afterthe ODU women's match against Akron at 6 p.m.
UCF 0-1=1ODU 0-0=061:33 UCF Kevan George from Cameron Cooksey
Shots: ODU (15), UCF (6)Corners:ODU (5), UCF (4)Saves: ODU-Brennan Kirkpatrick (1), UCF-Sean Johnson (5)
GAME ONEUMASS 1-1-0-0=2W&M 1-1-0-0=2
17:42 WM Nathaniel Baako from Jeremy Harris and Price Thomas19:55 UMASS Chris Vaccaro from Tony Bassett and MikeDeSantis83:49UMass Bryan craft from Mark deSantis86:35 UMASS Nathaniel Baako from Alan Koger and Roger Bothe
Shots: UM (14), W&M (14)Corners: UM (6), W&M(3)Saves: UM-Zack Simmons (2); WM-Andrew McAdams(5);TM (1)
STIHL ALL TOURNAMENT TEAMAll-TournamentBen Arikian UMAssZack Simmons -UmassTrevor Banks-ODUNane Joseph -ODUBryan Collier UCFKevan George-UCFYaron Bacher -UCFDoug McBride-WMPrice Thomas-W&MRoger Bothe-W&MNathaniel Baako -W&M MVP