Box Score MONTEVALLO, Ala. – University of Montevallo men's soccer rallied from a 3-0 hole, but was unable to complete its Senior Day comeback, falling 3-2 to Shorter University on Sunday, Oct. 27.
Prior to the game, Montevallo honored its seniors
Humberto Blanco,
Logan Buckley,
Joel Charles,
Luke Garner,
Robert Kuta,
Arad Lev Ari,
Vladik Margolin,
Liam Moore,
Patrick Morton,
Daniel Muyambi and
Julio Sebastian.
Montevallo trailed 3-0 in the first 30 minutes, but
Vladik Margolin scored a PK in the 41st minute to cut it to 3-1 at the half. The second half was a gridlock, until
Nemanja Acimovic placed a shot in the top center of the goal in the 86th minute to make it a one-goal game. UM was unable to score the equalizer on three shots in the final minutes, two were saved.
MATCH INFORMATION
Shorter 3, Montevallo 2
Sunday, Oct. 27
Montevallo, Ala. | Georgine Lemak Field
HOW IT HAPPENED
16' | Val Evans took an assist from Hernan Saldana and Jan Gruhn to give Shorter a 1-0 lead with a goal in the lower left corner.
20' | Jackson Wheatley extended Shorter's lead, 2-0, off an assist by Thallison Alex.
28' | Thallison Alex followed with an unassisted goal to give Shorter a 3-0 cushion.
41' | Vladik Margolin converted a penalty kick to put Montevallo on the board, 3-1, following a foul and yellow card by Shorter goalkeeper Mathew Shorrocks.
88' |
Nemanja Acimovic netted Montevallo's second goal with less than five minutes to play, assisted by
Ruben Carvalho.
GAME NOTES
- Montevallo has now lost three straight games, all in Gulf South Conference action, to fall to 3-4 in the GSC. UM is in ninth place in the GSC, one spot shy of making the GSC Tournament, with four games to go.
- Shots were fairly even in the game, as Shorter had 16 to Montevallo's 14 and one more shot on goal, 5 to 4.
- The Falcons had six corner kicks to Shorter's one.
- Ruben Carvalho led UM with four shots. Antoni Matabosch and Nemanja Acimovic each had three shots.
- Robert Kuta played the full 90 minutes in goal, collecting two saves.
- Shorter's Mathew Shorrocks collected the win in goal with two saves.
RECORDS
Montevallo (5-7-1 overall, 3-4 GSC)
Shorter (6-7-2 overall, 2-5-2 GSC)
UP NEXT
The Falcons will travel to Cleveland, Mississippi on Friday, Nov. 1 for a 3:30 p.m. Gulf South Conference match at Delta State University.
