Hickory, N.C. -- Playing in their first SAC Tournament championship game since 2011, the Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Soccer team fell 1-0 to #25 Wingate in the 2021 SAC Spring Soccer Conference Tournament .
Victor Cascon,
Dani Fernandez and
Carles Montoliu Lobo were named to the SAC All-Tournament team.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: #25 Wingate 1, #7 Lenoir-Rhyne 0
Records: #25 Wingate (7-1-1),
| #7
Lenoir-Rhyne (6-1-1, 4-0-1 SAC)
Location: Moretz Sports Complex | Hickory, N.C.
STATS OF THE MATCH:
- Match was scoreless till the 77th minute when Wingate's Nick Bennett used a cross to tap the ball just inside the right corner to give the Bulldogs the 1-0 lead.
- Bears had four shots in the last ten minutes of action but could not find the back of the net for the equalizer.
- Also in the last ten minutes, the Bears had three of their five corners kick. LR had a 5-0 advantage on corner kick during the game.
- Bears held a 13-5 advantage on shots in the contest while Juan Basabe made one save in goal for the Bears.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
- This was the first meeting between these teams in the SAC Championship but 8th overall in the SAC tournament.
- With the loss, LR moves to 3-3 in SAC Championship games.
- The loss also ends the Bears seven game unbeaten streak.
- That streak is the longest since the Bears went 6-0-3 during a stretch in Coach Winter's second season in 2017.
