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Men's Soccer

Late Surge Leads Pacers Past Southern Wesleyan

 AIKEN, SC--With the game tied a one-apiece and 20 minutes left, the USC Aiken men's soccer team (5-5-0) exploded to score six goals and defeat Southern Wesleyan University (5-5-0) 7-2 Wednesday night.

Mark Turner began the game with long shot in the 16th minute for the Pacers, but SWU tied it right after halftime. The score remained 1-1 until 70:45 when Richard Wolf landed a Turner assist into the Warriors' net.

In the next 15 minutes, the Pacers received goals from four different players.  Robert Poynter connected on a cross from AJ Ikourou and Haroon Saleem scored in the 78th minute to lead 4-1.  Then
goals came from Terrence Charles and Mamadou Ndoye, both assisted by Wolf and makes Wolf tied atop the all-time career points list with Brad Saenz at 79 points.

USCA returns to conference play Saturday, October 6 when they travel to UNC Pembroke at 2:30 PM.

MATCH SUMMARY 
 
Score by Periods 1 2 Final
Southern Wesleyan 1 1 2
USC Aiken 1 6 7
Scoring   USCA: Mark Turner (Plaman Peev, 16:32) 
                  SWU: Jason Parish (Joey Weisman, 47:21) 
                  USCA: Richard Wolf (Turner, 70:45) 
                  USCA: Robert Poynter (AJ Ikourou, 75:59) 
                  USCA: Haroon Saleem (unassisted, 77:42) 
                  USCA: Terrence Charles (Wolf, 78:15) 
                  USCA: Mamadou Ndoye (Wolf, 81:45) 
                  USCA: Saleem (Jermaine Roberson, 84:15) 
                  SWU: Joshua Kiper (penalty, 88:42)
Shots  USCA 18, SWU 8 
Cornerkicks USCA 7, SWU 5 
Fouls  USCA 19, SWU 19 
Offsides USCA 2, SWU 2 
Saves   USCA 2 (Peter Calabrese), SWU 8 (Michael Nunley) 
Cards  Yellow: USCA (Quincy Cooper, 59:31; Plaman Peev, 85:12 
             SWU (Brad Savage, 45:36; Diego Vacca, 57:41; Jason Parish, 72:39)
 
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Players Mentioned

Peter Calabrese

#00 Peter Calabrese

GK
6' 3"
Sophomore
Terrence Charles

#14 Terrence Charles

D
6' 1"
Junior
Quincy Cooper

#19 Quincy Cooper

D
5' 10"
Junior
AJ Ikourou

#2 AJ Ikourou

MF
5' 7"
Junior
Mamadou Ndoye

#21 Mamadou Ndoye

F
6' 7"
Freshman
Robert Poynter

#7 Robert Poynter

MF
5' 9"
Senior
Jermaine Roberson

#22 Jermaine Roberson

D
5' 11"
Sophomore
Haroon Saleem

#10 Haroon Saleem

MF
5' 10"
Junior
Mark Turner

#16 Mark Turner

F
5' 7"
Senior
Richard Wolf

#9 Richard Wolf

F
6' 1"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Peter Calabrese

#00 Peter Calabrese

6' 3"
Sophomore
GK
Terrence Charles

#14 Terrence Charles

6' 1"
Junior
D
Quincy Cooper

#19 Quincy Cooper

5' 10"
Junior
D
AJ Ikourou

#2 AJ Ikourou

5' 7"
Junior
MF
Mamadou Ndoye

#21 Mamadou Ndoye

6' 7"
Freshman
F
Robert Poynter

#7 Robert Poynter

5' 9"
Senior
MF
Jermaine Roberson

#22 Jermaine Roberson

5' 11"
Sophomore
D
Haroon Saleem

#10 Haroon Saleem

5' 10"
Junior
MF
Mark Turner

#16 Mark Turner

5' 7"
Senior
F
Richard Wolf

#9 Richard Wolf

6' 1"
Senior
F