Ten different players found the back of the net as the No. 11-ranked Georgia Gwinnett College men's soccer team cruised past Continental Athletic Conference opponent Fisk University (Tennessee) 16-0 Wednesday evening at the Grizzly Soccer Complex.
The big offensive night was the second most goals that the Grizzlies have scored in a match in program history.
Freshman
Joshua Orue netted his first collegiate hat trick to be one of five Grizzlies to tally multiple goals in the victory. The forward found the back of the net in the 31st, 45th and 47th minutes, and added an assist to complete the strong offensive performance. Orue is tied for team-high honors with five goals scored this season.
The goals came early and often in the first half as the hosts took a commanding 9-0 halftime advantage.
Senior
Odin Solheim quickly opened the scoring in the third minute of the match by netting a goal off a corner kick from classmate
Khaled Qasum. The duo teamed up once again on another corner kick in the 14th minute.
Senior
Diego Milessi scored twice in the first half while juniors
Patrick Gawliczek Rodriguez and
Aoci Pilipili each tallied two goals in the second half.
Meanwhile, single goals were accounted by seniors
Antoine Ferez and
Marco Panaccione, along with both having one first-half assist; junior
Esteban Correa, with his first tally as a Grizzly; and junior
Miwoned Siraj, who also added two assists in the victory. Junior
Mawia Haroun capped the team's big offensive night with the final goal in the 83rd minute.
The Grizzlies registered 27 of their 34 shots on goal in the match.
"Everybody was able to play good minutes and it was to see some of our younger players score the first goal of their careers," said Head Coach
Steve DeCou.
Ten different Grizzlies got into the scoring column, including five multiple-goal performers, in the second most productive offensive performance in program history. Freshman
Joshua Orue scored a hat trick, while four other players contributed two goals. GGC scored on 16 of its 27 shots on goal.
3' –
Odin Solheim, GGC (
Khaled Qasum)
11' –
Diego Milessi, GGC (
Antoine Ferez)
14' –
Odin Solheim, GGC (
Khaled Qasum,
Emanuele Sordi)
14' –
Diego Milessi, GGC (unassisted)
15' –
Marco Panaccione, GGC (
Antoine Ferez)
25' –
Antoine Ferez, GGC (
Marco Panaccione)
26' –
Miwoned Siraj, GGC (
Emanuele Sordi)
31' –
Joshua Orue, GGC (
Sam Povolotsky,
Emanuele Sordi)
45' –
Joshua Orue, GGC (
Patrick Gawliczek Rodriguez)
48' –
Joshua Orue, GGC (
Kieran Swanson,
Miwoned Siraj)
57' –
Esteban Correa, GGC (unassisted)
60' –
Aoci Pilipili, GGC (
Joshua Orue)
62' –
Patrick Gawliczek Rodriguez, GGC (unassisted)
70' –
Aoci Pilipili, GGC (
Miwoned Siraj)
72' –
Patrick Gawliczek Rodriguez, GGC (
Mawia Haroun)
83' –
Mawia Haroun, GGC (
Augustin Lepoutre,
Aoci Pilipili)
- GGC recorded 34 shots, with 27 shots being on goal and 16 goals being scored
- Ten different Grizzlies found the back of the net in the match
- The team attempted 10 corner kicks across the 90 minutes of action
- Freshman Joshua Orue scored a hat trick and provided an assist for seven points in the match
- GGC improves to 3-1-2 on the season; Fisk falls to 0-3-1 in 2023
- The Grizzlies were ranked No. 11 in the NAIA Top 25 poll, announced on Wednesday, September 13
- Georgia Gwinnett College and Fisk are both members of the Continental Athletic Conference
- The 16 goals are the second most GGC has scored in a match in program history
Georgia Gwinnett College is scheduled to travel to the University of the Cumberlands on Wednesday, September 20, at Williamsburg, Kentucky, starting at 7 p.m.
