Kentucky men’s soccer keeps kicking toward tournament championship

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 2 Kentucky males’s soccer staff (13-0-5, 7-0-3 Solar Belt) superior to the Solar Belt Convention Match championship match following a 3-0 defeat of West Virginia College (7-7-4, 3-1-4 Solar Belt) on Wednesday evening on the Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Advanced.

2,093 members of Large Blue Nation cheered the Wildcats to a different victory retaining the unbeaten streak alive for the 2022 marketing campaign.

Within the common season, Kentucky performed in Morgantown, W.Va. the place the Cats and Mountaineers went head-to-head for a tricky 3-3 draw.

Sophomore Casper Grening used fancy footwork within the twenty second minute to maneuver across the West Virginia defender to ship an unassisted left-footed shot into the web for the primary objective of the evening. His profitable shot earned the Wildcat his ninth objective of the season which locations him in second on the staff.

Senior Eythor Bjorgolfsson, who leads the staff in objectives, scored the second objective of the evening following a gradual begin to the second half of the match. Within the 81st minute, fellow senior Nick Gutmann handed the ball diagonally to Bjorgolfsson who used his proper foot within the field to attain. Bjorgolfsson now tallies 10 objectives this season for Kentucky.

It didn’t take lengthy for Enzo Mauriz to spherical out the evening with a 3rd objective within the 83rd minute. Additionally assisted by Gutmann, the junior discovered his alternative from a cross that he related with to fireplace straight into the web handed the Mountaineer keeper. Large Blue Nation erupted as Kentucky pushed the rating up three-nil.

Gutmann’s two assists on the evening introduced his tally to 16 thus far this season. The Hamburg, Germany native at the moment leads the nation in Whole Assists (16) and Assists Per Sport (.89).

Kentucky and Washington are the one two NCAA Division I males’s soccer applications nonetheless undefeated within the nation.

Kentucky will face seventh-seeded James Madison on Sunday for the Solar Belt Convention Match championship match. The ultimate contest will kick off at 1 p.m. EST at The Bell. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for youth (non-student ages 3-18) and $5 for senior residents (65+). Youngsters 2 and underneath shall be admitted freed from cost as will all Solar Belt Convention college students who present a sound college issued ID. All tickets shall be cell. Followers are inspired to buy tickets previous to arriving on the occasion on-line. Gates to The Bell Soccer will open at Midday on Sunday.

Kentucky and JMU met as soon as earlier this season with the Wildcats incomes at 3-1 victory in Harrisonburg, Virginia. UK earned objectives within the sport from Ben Injury, Lucca Rodrigues and Martin Soereide. JMU earned a lone objective from Clay Obara. UK outshot JMU 8-2, together with a 5-3 edge in photographs on objective.

2022 Solar Belt Convention Males’s Soccer Match

Bell Soccer Advanced – Lexington, Ky.

Sunday, Nov. 6

Match 1: (4) West Virginia def. (5) Coastal Carolina 1-0

Match 2: (1) Kentucky def. (8) South Carolina 2-1

Wednesday, Nov. 9

(1) Kentucky def. (4) West Virginia 1-0

Sunday, Nov. 13

(1) Kentucky vs. (7) James Madison – 1 p.m. ET – ESPN+

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