George Washington University
2-5-0
UMBC
4-2-1
GW Men's Soccer Edged by UMBC, 3-2
9/22/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
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Sept. 22, 2015
WASHINGTON -- The George Washington men's soccer team took an early 2-0 lead, but 2014 College Cup participant UMBC scored three unanswered goals to defeat the Colonials, 3-2, on Tuesday afternoon at the GW Soccer Field on the Mount Vernon Campus.
Junior Tobi Adewole and senior Eddie Painter each netted their first goals of the season, and Adewole added an assist for a team-best three points in the game.
GW (2-5-0) opened the scoring in the 20th minute when junior Garrett Heine sent a free kick into the box which Adewole fired into the far corner of the net for a 1-0 lead.
Adewole initiated the play that led to the Colonials' second goal of the game just over 12 minutes later, as he dribbled up the right wing and sent a cross to sophomore Christian Lawal, who fed Painter. The team captain then one-timed the ball into the right side of the goal for a 2-0 advantage in the 32nd minute.
UMBC (4-2-1) got on the scoreboard with just 30 seconds left in the first half as Kennedy O'Shea sent a pass into the box, and Darius Madison headed it across the goal into the left side of the net to slice GW's lead in half and make it 2-1 at the break.
The Retrievers knotted it up early in the second period when Michael Scott sent a corner kick into the center of the box. Riley Collins got a head on the ball, which O'Shea collected and one-timed into the net for the equalizer in the 54th minute.
The score remained tied at 2-2 for nearly 15 minutes until a GW foul in the box led to a UMBC penalty kick, which Madison converted in the 68th minute for his second goal of the game. That proved to be the game-winner as the Retrievers held on down the stretch for the 3-2 victory.
GW outshot UMBC, 8-7, in the game and held a 7-4 advantage in corner kicks. Freshman goalkeeper Thor Arne Höfs recorded three saves, while UMBC keeper Billy Heavner stopped four shots.
The Colonials return to action on Friday, when they conclude their three-game home stand against Robert Morris at 3 p.m. at the GW Soccer Field on the Mount Vernon Campus.
Team Stats
ADEWOLE, Tobi (1)
Assisted By: HEINE, Garrett
kick by 27 after foul, shot in box to fa
19:38
PAINTER, Eddie (1)
Assisted By: LAWAL, Christian , ADEWOLE, Tobi
dribble up right wing by 7, cross to 21,
31:51
Madison, Darius (4)
Assisted By: O'Shea, Kennedy
pass in the box from 20, header across g
44:30
O'Shea, Kennedy (1)
Assisted By: Collins, Riley , Scott, Michael
corner kick by 8 to center of box, heade
53:08
Madison, Darius (5)
UMBC Madison, Darius PENALTY KICK GOAL, goal number 5 for season.
67:51
