Box Score Oct. 26, 2013
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Senior Alex Joseph’s goal in the 81st minute lifted the Georgia Gwinnett men’s soccer team to a 1-0 victory over Montreat College on Saturday in Black Mountain, N.C., on the Tourbeau Sports Group National Men’s Soccer Game of the Week presented by NSCAA-TV and Admiral Soccer.
The Grizzlies mounted 19 shots on the day, including 10 on net, but not until Joseph’s header in the final minutes was GGC able to tally the deciding goal.
The score sent the Grizzlies (11-4) to a season-high fourth-straight win- all on the road- and dropped Montreat to 6-7-1.
Lucas Carvalho made eight saves in goal to keep GGC off the board through much of the game, with German Rodriguez firing a game-high four shots on target.
Lewis Sharpe made two saves for the Grizzlies, who posted their fifth shutout of the season.
“We weren’t as good as we have been at points this season but it was a great result today,” said GGC head coach Steve DeCou. “We weathered a couple of their attacks and we created more opportunities and had more good chances.”
Georgia Gwinnett outshot Montreat by 13, but the teams went scoreless for the first 80-plus minutes of the contest.
Just under the 10-minute mark, the Grizzlies earned a corner kick that would produce the game-winner. After the Montreat defense headed the ball momentarily away from danger, a GGC feed back into the six-yard box bounced once in traffic and found Joseph on the doorstep for the-game winning header.
The score was the defender’s first his GGC career.
“There’s no better time than the present and Alex played a good game for us, that was great to get the game-winner on the road,” added DeCou.
The Grizzlies then turned away a late scare with under 90 seconds as the Cavaliers got loose deep inside the GGC box, but Montreat could not produce the equalizer.
The Grizzlies improved to 7-1 away from home with the win.
Georgia Gwinnett has two games remaining in the regular season and returns to action Tuesday at Cumberland (Tenn.) in a 4 p.m. contest.
